Operating Room Sterility Guidelines

Microorganisms harmful to man can be transmitted by direct and indirect ______

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

All items used in the operating room must be ______

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

Operating room personnel must practice strict standard ______

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

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 ______.

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 ______.

Scrubbed personnel wearing sterile attire should touch only sterile ______.

Sterile gowns and sterile drapes have defined borders of ______.

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 ______.

Chlorine is used for disinfecting ______

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

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

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

Caps and shoe covering are used to cover ______

Gloves protect hands from acquiring ______ organisms