MOD 4-110 ASEPTIC TECHNIQUES

FREE OF MICROORGANISMS

ASEPTIC

STERILE ALSO MEANS

ASEPTIC

5 PROCEDURES IN ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE:

• - ARTHOGRAMS

• - ANGIOGRAMS

• - BIOPSIES

• - MYELOGRAMS

• -HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAPHY

A SPECIFIED AREA THAT IS CONSIDERED FREE OF VIABLE MICROORGANISMS

STERILE FIELD

A STERILE FIELD CAN BE WITHIN A _____, ON A ______, OR AN ENTIRE______THAT IS COVERED WITH A STERILE DRAPE

• - TRAY

• - TOWEL

• - TABLE

THE 1ST STEP IN STERILE FIELD IS TO VERIFY THAT THE PACKAGING OF THE DRAPE IS______

STERILE

WHEN PACKAGE IS NOT STERILE, IT COULD MEAN

• - PACKAGE IS NOT CLEAN AND DRY

• - HAS ALREADY BEEN OPENED

• - EXPIRATION DATE HAS PASSED

WHEN OPENING STERILE PACKAGES ALWAYS OPEN____FROM YOUR BODY

AWAY

NEVER REACH ACROSS A PACKAGE, OPEN THE______WITH YOUR______

• -RIGHT SIDE

• -RIGHT HAND

IF ANY PART OF A STERILE OBJECT TOUCHES AN UNSTERILE OBJECT IT IS NOW CONSIDERED_____AND MUST BE REPLACED

CONTAMINATED

ALWAYS DROP STERILE ITEMS ONTO A STERILE FIELD FROM_____” ABOVE THE SURFACE AT A ______ANGLE

• - 6 INCHES

• - SLIGHT ANGLE

NEVER REACH____A STERILE FIELD

OVER

ANY____STERILE ITEM OR STERILE FIELD LEFT_____IS CONSIDERED UNSTERILE

• -OPENED

• -UNATTENTED

ITEMS AT OR BELOW______ARE CONSIDERED______

• - WAIST LEVEL

• - UNSTERILE

A____INCH BORDER AROUND THE_____OF STERILE FIELD IS CONSIDERED UNSTERILE.

• - 1 INCH

• - EDGE

WITH STERILE LIQUIDS, THE_____OF THE BOTTLE IS CONSIDERED CONTAMINATED

OUTSIDE

STERILE LIQUIDS: THE____OF THE BOTTLE AND THE____ARE CONSIDERED STERILE

• - INSIDE

• - LIQUID

STERILE LIQUIDS: ALWAYS VERIFY THE____OF THE BOTTLE AND______

• - CONTENTS

• - EXPIRATION DATE

STERILE LIQUIDS: SHOW THE BOTTLE TO YOUR____AND____THE LABEL OUT LOUD TO CONFIRM

• -PARTNER

• -READ

STERILE LIQUIDS: ALWAYS TRY TO USE THE____AMOUNT OF A SOLUTION

EXACT

STERILE LIQUIDS: ONCE A BOTTLE HAS BEEN OPENED IT MUST BE USED_____

IMMEDIATELY

STERILE LIQUIDS: IF AN OPENED BOTTLE IS SET DOWN, IT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED____

STERILE

WHEN POURING STERILE LIQUIDS, HOLD THE LABEL TOWARDS THE______SO LIQUID DOESNT DROP ONTO LABEL

CEILING

STERILE CONTAINERS FOR LIQUIDS SHOULD BE PLACED TOWARD THE____OF THE STERILE FIELD BEFORE POURING

EDGE

STERILE LIQUIDS: HOLD THE BOTTLE____INCHES ABOVE STERILE CONTAINER AND POUR SLOWLY, MAKING SURE NOT TO SPLASH

1-2 INCHES

STERILE LIQUIDS: GETTING A DRAPE WET CAN_____THE STERILE FIELD

DESTROY

STERILE LIQUIDS: SAVE ALL OPENED CONTAINERS OF SOLUTIONS IN CASE THERE ARE ANY______REACTIONS DURING THE CASE

ADVERSE

STERILE LIQUIDS: AT THE END OF THE CASE_____OF ALL OPENED CONTAINERS APPROPRIATELY

DISPOSE

COMMON ITEMS IN STERILE PACK INCLUDE: (5)

• - LOCAL ANASTHETIC

• - SYRINGES

• - NEEDLES

• - STERILE DRAPES

• - COLLECTION TUBES

• 
  

LARGER STERILE PACKS MAY INCLUDE: (5)

• - GAUZE

• - SPONGES

• - STERILE CONTAINERS FOR SPECIMENS OR SOLUTIONS

• - CLAMPS

• - SCALPEL

GOWNING & GLOVING: GLOVES WILL BE PACKAGED WITH THE CUFF FOLDED____SO YOU ARE TOUCHING THE_____OF THE GLOVE WHEN YOU PICK IT UP

• -BACK

• -INSIDE

GOWNING & GLOVING: THE____OF THE GLOVES MUST REMAIN STERILE

• -OUTSIDE

GOWNING & GLOVING: GOWNS ARE PACKAGED TO UNFOLD WITH THE STERILE FRONT OF THE GOWN____FROM YOUR BODY

AWAY

IN WHAT CASES DO WE USE STERILE PROCEDURES: (7)

• -DRESSING CHANGES

• - TRACHEOSTOMIES

• - CHEST TUBES

• - SURGERY IN OR

• - URINARY CATHETERS

• - CENTRAL LINES

• - PACEMAKERS