Merrill's Surgical Radiography SPA

an area prepares do the patient that is free of microorganisms

sterile field

Performs the procedure

surgeon

helps with prep, charting and open sterile items

Float/Circulator nurse

sterile team members would

Scrub hands, don proper sterile attire, and enter, work in OR

non sterile members

circulating nurse, anesthesiologist, imaging techs

Facility design and surgical attire regulations help _____ ___ ___ __into surgical settings

prevent
transportation of microorganisms

Defined as complete removal or all pathogens and spores from equipment used before, during, and after invasive procedures

surgical asepsis

How often do you clean and disinfect all imaging equipment after surgery

after every case study

Drop the contents gently onto
the sterile field from about _
inches above the field and at a
slight angle

6

Sterile surgical gloves can become
contaminated: if you gloved hand drops below what

level of your waist

If you must pass near sterile team
members, ___ ___them so as
to protect their sterile area, which
is in the front and above their
waist

walk behind

If two sterile team members
must cross paths, go from__ __ __

back to back

the area between the patient drape
and the instrument table, must have
sterile attire if in that area

sterile corridor

A procedure for crushing and
eliminating a calculus in the renal pelvis,
ureter, bladder, or gallbladder

lithotripsy

reduction in number of infectious agents; results in a lower
probability of infection but does not necessarily reduce it to zero

medical asepsis

microbial infection, contamination

sepsis

Arthrograms are an exam of having to be in what type of asepsis

medical

Complete destruction of all living
microorganisms

sterilization

Chemical, autoclaving, conventional
gas, gas plasma, dry heat are ways of

sterilization

Steam sterilization; under high pressure and is the most common method is

autoclave

Temperature needed for autoclave

250°to 275°F

X-ray tube should be __ the patient for personnel protection

under

X-ray tube should be kept as far from the patient as possible for ___ ___ __

skin dose reduction

The highest
occupational radiation exposure for
radiographers is

mobile XR or fluoroscopy

The single most effective
radiation protection measure

distance

Least exposure in OR is at the

right angle to
patient and primary beam