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Surgery – Scrubbing up
Scrubbing up helps lessen the chance of infection from the surgeon to the patient. Using bactericidal soaps can lower the amount of organisms that can be cultured from skin swabs, but sterilizing the skin (especially sweat glands and hair follicles) is impossible. Surgical gloves can cause considerable bacterial development within 2 hours due to moisture and heat, even with contemporary cleaning solutions. Bactericidal soaps include chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine.
Protocol
When entering the theatre for the first time, introduce yourself to the senior scrub nurses. It is respectful and safe. It's important to understand the purpose and identity of those in the theatre.
How To Scrub
• Wet your hands and arms first. • Apply disinfecting soap and wash well. • Scrub under nails and excessively filthy areas with a sterile brush and disinfecting soap. Scrubbing too forcefully might cause irritation and have little bactericidal effect. • Use soap to thoroughly clean between fingers, back of hands, beneath fingernails, and base of thumbs. • Rinse well to eliminate soap and prevent skin irritation. • Rinse off, ensuring water runs off elbows. Dry your hands well before moving on to your arms.
How to Gown and Glove
: • Open the gown without touching the exterior 'face'. Do not put your hands through the cuffs. Pick up the right glove with your right hand still in the gown's cuff—palm side down, fingers pointing up towards your forearm. • Fold the other side of the glove's edge 'over' your right hand. • Insert your right hand into the glove. • Grab the left glove by the edge and pull it over the left hand's cuff. • Slide your left hand into the glove and adjust its position. Wearing eye protection and two pairs of gloves is a standard practice to prevent exposure to infectious pathogens. % Infection control strategies include hand hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE).
Scrubbing up helps lessen the chance of infection from the surgeon to the patient. Using bactericidal soaps can lower the amount of organisms that can be cultured from skin swabs, but sterilizing the skin (especially sweat glands and hair follicles) is impossible. Surgical gloves can cause considerable bacterial development within 2 hours due to moisture and heat, even with contemporary cleaning solutions. Bactericidal soaps include chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine.
Protocol
When entering the theatre for the first time, introduce yourself to the senior scrub nurses. It is respectful and safe. It's important to understand the purpose and identity of those in the theatre.
How To Scrub
• Wet your hands and arms first. • Apply disinfecting soap and wash well. • Scrub under nails and excessively filthy areas with a sterile brush and disinfecting soap. Scrubbing too forcefully might cause irritation and have little bactericidal effect. • Use soap to thoroughly clean between fingers, back of hands, beneath fingernails, and base of thumbs. • Rinse well to eliminate soap and prevent skin irritation. • Rinse off, ensuring water runs off elbows. Dry your hands well before moving on to your arms.
How to Gown and Glove
: • Open the gown without touching the exterior 'face'. Do not put your hands through the cuffs. Pick up the right glove with your right hand still in the gown's cuff—palm side down, fingers pointing up towards your forearm. • Fold the other side of the glove's edge 'over' your right hand. • Insert your right hand into the glove. • Grab the left glove by the edge and pull it over the left hand's cuff. • Slide your left hand into the glove and adjust its position. Wearing eye protection and two pairs of gloves is a standard practice to prevent exposure to infectious pathogens. % Infection control strategies include hand hygiene and personal protective equipment (PPE).
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