Principles Of Aseptic Technique In The Operating Room PDF

❖ Principles of Aseptic Technique in the Operating Room o plasty – shaping/surgical formation of a body 1. Only sterile items are used within the sterile field. part. 2. Sterile persons are gowned and gloved. o o...

❖ Principles of Aseptic Technique in the Operating Room o plasty – shaping/surgical formation of a body 1. Only sterile items are used within the sterile field. part. 2. Sterile persons are gowned and gloved. o ostomy – provide with an opening. 3. Tables are sterile only at table level. o desis - binding of a body part 4. Sterile persons touch only sterile items or areas; unsterile o pexy - fixation/suspension of a body part persons touch only unsterile items or areas. Destruction 5. Unsterile persons avoid reaching over sterile field; sterile - Breaking down of tissues persons avoid leaning over unsterile areas. - Suffixes used under destruction procedures: 6. Edges of anything that encloses sterile contents are o clasis – crushing/breaking up considered unsterile. o tripsy - intentional crushing 7. Sterile field is created as close as possible to time of use. o lysis 8. Sterile areas are continuously kept in view. Suturing 9. Sterile persons keep well within sterile areas. - Procedure in which tissue is approximated and 10. Sterile persons keep contact with sterile areas to a stitched using suture materials. minimum. - Suffixes used under suturing procedures: 11. Unsterile persons avoid sterile areas. o rrhapy 12. Destruction of integrity of microbial barriers result in contamination. ❖ Common Surgical Procedures 13. Microorganisms must be kept to irreducible minimum. 1. Amniocentesis | -centesis - Surgical puncture of the amniotic sac to ❖ Classification of Operations (Surgical Nomenclature) remove fluid for laboratory analysis; an Incision obstetrical procedure. - Cutting into a tissue or the formation of an opening. 2. Osteoclasis | -clasis - Suffixes under incision procedures: - Intentional surgical fracture of a bone to o otomy – cut into correct a deformity. o ostomy – provide an opening 3. Arthrodesis | -desis o centesis – perforate/puncture - Fixation of a joint by a procedure designed to Excision accomplish fusion of the joint surfaces. - Cutting out of a part. 4. Appendectomy | -ectomy - Suffixes under excision procedures: - Surgical removal of the appendix. o ectomy – cut out/excise 5. Electrocardiogram | -gram o exeresis – strip out - Record of the electrical activity of the heart. Amputation 6. Electrocardiograph | -graph - Cutting of a part. - Instrument used to record the electrical activity o Disarticulation – amputation through a joint of the heart. o Dismemberment – intentional removal/cutting 7. Electrocardiography | -graphy of limbs - The process of recording the electrical activity o Amputation – partial or complete removal of a of the heart. limb 8. Anesthetize | -ize Endoscopy - To induce a state of anesthesia; to make one - Inspection of the body cavity or a hollow organ by “feelingless” means of an endoscope. 9. Dialysis | -lysis - Suffix used: - The removal or detachment of certain o scopy – inspection elements from the blood or lymph by passing Repair them through a semipermeable membrane. - Reconstruction, reforming, fixation, or stabilization 10. Pelvimeter | -meter of a part. - Instrument used to measure the diameter and - Suffixes used under repair procedures: capacity of the pelvis. 11. Pelvimetry | -metry - Process of measuring the dimensions of the pelvis 12. Biopsy | -opsy - Removal of a small piece of living tissue from an organ or part of the body for “viewing” under a microscope. 13. Colpopexy | -pexy - Surgical fixation of a relaxed vaginal wall. 14. Rhinoplasty | -plasty - Surgical repair of the nose in which the structure of the nose is changed. 15. Nephrorrhaphy | -rrhapy - The operation of suturing the kidney. 16. Ophthalmoscope | -scope - Instrument used to view the interior of the eye 17. Ophthalmoscopy | -copy - The process of using an ophthalmoscope to view the interior of the eye 18. Colostomy | -ostomy - Surgical creation of a new opening between the colon and the surface of the body. 19. Phlebotomy | -otomy - Incision into a vein 20. Lithotripsy | -tripsy - Crushing of a stone in the bladder; may be accomplished by ultrasound or by laser.