Operating Room Sterility Guidelines
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Microorganisms harmful to man can be transmitted by direct and indirect ______

contact

In observing medical asepsis, areas are considered contaminated if they bear or are suspected of having ______

pathogens

All items used in the operating room must be ______

sterile

All OR personnel must wear a sterile gown, gloves, and special ______ covers

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Operating room personnel must practice strict standard ______

<p>precautions</p> Signup and view all the answers

To reduce the risk for infecting the patient during surgery, the following principles of surgical asepsis must be ______

<p>followed</p> Signup and view all the answers

Masks must be worn at all times in the for the purpose of minimizing airborne contamination; they must be changed between operations or more often if ______.

<p>necessary</p> Signup and view all the answers

Any personnel who harbor pathogenic organisms (e.g. those with colds or infections) must report themselves unable to be in the operating room to protect client from outside ______.

<p>pathogens</p> Signup and view all the answers

Scrubbed personnel wearing sterile attire should touch only sterile ______.

<p>items</p> Signup and view all the answers

Sterile gowns and sterile drapes have defined borders of ______.

<p>sterility</p> Signup and view all the answers

Sterile surfaces or articles may touch other sterile surfaces or articles and remain sterile; contact with unsterile objects at any point renders a sterile area ______.

<p>contaminated</p> Signup and view all the answers

Chlorine is used for disinfecting ______

<p>water</p> Signup and view all the answers

Items like glass baby bottles should be boiled for at least ______ minutes

<p>15</p> Signup and view all the answers

Medical Aseptic practices help to contain infectious organisms and maintain an environment free from ______

<p>contamination</p> Signup and view all the answers

Gowns are worn when a caregiver's clothing is likely to be soiled by ______ material

<p>infected</p> Signup and view all the answers

Caps and shoe covering are used to cover ______

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Gloves protect hands from acquiring ______ organisms

<p>infective</p> Signup and view all the answers

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