{"id":44,"date":"2019-08-21T16:55:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T20:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/?post_type=chapter&p=44"},"modified":"2020-03-23T18:14:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:14:05","slug":"1-7-surgical-hand-scrub-applying-sterile-gloves-and-preparing-a-sterile-field","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/chapter\/1-7-surgical-hand-scrub-applying-sterile-gloves-and-preparing-a-sterile-field\/","title":{"raw":"1.7 Surgical Hand Scrub, Applying Sterile Gloves, and Preparing a Sterile Field","rendered":"1.7 Surgical Hand Scrub, Applying Sterile Gloves, and Preparing a Sterile Field"},"content":{"raw":"

Critical Thinking Exercises: Questions, Answers, and Sources \/ References<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nCritical thinking questions are in bold type, and the answers are italicized. Additional resources or references are provided below.\r\n
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  1. When preparing a sterile field, is the first flap opened toward or away from the healthcare provider?<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nThe first flap of a sterile field is opened away from the healthcare provider (<\/em>HCP<\/em>) to reduce the amount of time the <\/em>HCP<\/em> works over top of the field, which reduces risk of contamination.<\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n2. Name two reasons for performing hand hygiene before and after applying sterile gloves.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHand hygiene is performed before applying sterile gloves to reduce risk of micro-organisms. Sterile gloves are not 100% impermeable, and as such there is risk that micro-organisms can transfer from the <\/em>HCP's<\/em> hands to the patient even when sterile gloves are used. <\/em>\r\n\r\nHand hygiene after removal of sterile gloves removes the powder (if used in the sterile gloves) and reduces any micro-organisms on the hands that may have resulted from contamination from the patient or left over from before the sterile gloves were applied. <\/em>\r\n\r\nSource:\r\n\r\nPerry, A. G., Potter, P. A., & Ostendorf, W. R. (2017). Clinical\u00a0<\/em>nursing\u00a0<\/em>skills and techniques<\/em> (9th ed.). Elsevier; Mosby.<\/span>","rendered":"

    Critical Thinking Exercises: Questions, Answers, and Sources \/ References<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Critical thinking questions are in bold type, and the answers are italicized. Additional resources or references are provided below.<\/p>\n

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    1. When preparing a sterile field, is the first flap opened toward or away from the healthcare provider?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The first flap of a sterile field is opened away from the healthcare provider (<\/em>HCP<\/em>) to reduce the amount of time the <\/em>HCP<\/em> works over top of the field, which reduces risk of contamination.<\/em><\/p>\n

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      2. Name two reasons for performing hand hygiene before and after applying sterile gloves.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Hand hygiene is performed before applying sterile gloves to reduce risk of micro-organisms. Sterile gloves are not 100% impermeable, and as such there is risk that micro-organisms can transfer from the <\/em>HCP’s<\/em> hands to the patient even when sterile gloves are used. <\/em><\/p>\n

      Hand hygiene after removal of sterile gloves removes the powder (if used in the sterile gloves) and reduces any micro-organisms on the hands that may have resulted from contamination from the patient or left over from before the sterile gloves were applied. <\/em><\/p>\n

      Source:<\/p>\n

      Perry, A. G., Potter, P. A., & Ostendorf, W. R. (2017). Clinical\u00a0<\/em>nursing\u00a0<\/em>skills and techniques<\/em> (9th ed.). Elsevier; Mosby.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":397,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-44","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/397"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44\/revisions\/796"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/44\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/facultyancillaryresourceforclinicalproceduresforsaferpatient\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}