SKILLS LAB FINALS

process or procedure used to achieve asepsis to prevent the transfer of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms to a susceptible site that may result in the development of infection

• Aseptic technique

• Surgical asepsis

• Medical asepsis

Review hospital procedures and requirements for sterile technique prior to initiating any invasive procedure. And health care providers who are ill should avoid invasive procedures or, if they can’t avoid them, should double mask.

• True

• False

All personnel involved in an aseptic procedure are not required to follow the principles and practice set forth by their specific institutions.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

l All personnel involved in an aseptic procedure are REQUIRED to follow the principles and practice set forth by their specific institutions.

All are skin preparation rationale, except one:

• · Removes dirt & transient microbes from skin

• · Reduces resident microbial count in the shortest time, with the least amount of tissue irritation, which prevents rapid rebound growth of microbes.

• · Skin can NEVER be sterilized.

• · Incision site, and area immediately surrounding, should be as FREE of organisms as possible.

Clipping hair immediately before the surgery has shown a 1.8% SSI (Surgical Site Infection) in comparison to 4.0% SSI when clipping the night before.

• true

• false

Using razors causes a higher incidence of skin irritation than clippers; SCIP measures require the use of clippers only in OR

• true

• false

SURGICAL SITE PREPARATION should take place _____ before start of procedure

• hours

• minutes

• seconds

AORN state: “condition of skin at the surgical site should be assessed prior to preparation for rashes, skin eruption and abrasions”

• True

• False

Skin should be FREE from contamination (dirt, soil, or other debris) before skin preparation is initiated.

• True

• False

measures the size, number, and maturity of the different blood cells in a specific volume of blood.

• CBC

• Choleterol Test

• Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) Test

• Basic Metabolic Panel