SGT 111 Study Guide- Ch 9-18

Methodical Method

systematic, organized way of performing tasks, especially during the setup and execution of surgical procedures. This approach emphasizes efficiency, minimizes errors, and ensures patient safety

Aseptic Technique

Methods or practices in health care that reduce or prevent the spread of infection.

Evidence-Based Practice

Professional practices and their standards based on established scientific research rather than opinion or tradition.

Asepsis

The absence of pathogenic microorganisms on an animate surface or on body tissue.

Surgical Conscience

In surgery, the ethical motivation to immediately report surgical errors including contamination of the sterile field.

Laminar Air Flow

An unidirectional ultraclean air delivery system that creates a “curtain” of super clean air around the sterile field

OR Humidity

20%–60% 

Surgical Attire

scrubs, head cover, gown, gloves, shoe cover, mask, protective eyewear

Containment and Confinement

A foundation concept of sterile technique in which sterile and nonsterile surfaces are separated by physical barriers or space.

Gowning and Gloving

Kick Bucket

A stainless steel bucket mounted in a frame on wheels used for soiled surgical sponges during the procedure.

Sterile and unsterile

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Restricted

An area of the operating room with the most stringent methods to reduce the presence of infectious microorganisms in the environment. 

Semi-Restricted

 area of the operating room that has specific requirements for the use of surgical attire and access to other areas of the department.

Unrestricted

area of the operating room that is maintained at a high level of environmental cleanliness without restrictions on attire.

Open Gloving

used during sterile procedures that do not require a sterile gown, such as preoperative skin preparation of the patient, assisting in minor skin procedures, catheterization.

Closed Gloving

 performed immediately after gowning. It is the most effective method for preventing contact between the skin and the outside of the sterile glove. 

Package Integrity

the state in which the outside of a sterile package is intact, free from tears, holes, water marks, or other damage, and has external chemical indicators confirming it has been exposed to the sterilization process.

Envelope Style Wrap

Mayo Stand

small open-ended adjustable table used during surgery. Instruments and supplies to be required immediately are placed on.

Back Table

large stainless steel table on which most of the sterile surgical supplies and instruments are organized for use during surgery.

Ring Stand

stainless steel frame designed to hold sterile fluid basins during surgery.

Surgical helmet System (SHS)

developed to reduce the risk of surgical site infection in selected high-risk surgical procedures.

Gross Contamination

Contamination of a large area of tissue or the environment by an actual or potentially infective material.

Strikethrough Contamination

event in which fluid from a nonsterile surface penetrates the protective wrapper of a sterile item, causing it to become contaminated.

Radiopaque

substance that is impenetrable by x-rays

Neutral Zone

 An area of the sterile field designated for the exchange of sharps.