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When pouring a sterile solution onto a sterile field you should?
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If a sterile field becomes wet with sterile solution is the field no longer considered sterile?
If a sterile field becomes "contaminated" with a sterile solution, the field remains sterile.
If a nonsterile field becomes wet with sterile solution is the nonsterile field now sterile?
no
What is the minimum distance a non sterile person should remain from a sterile field?
10 feet
What is the minimum distance a non- sterile person should remain from a sterile field?
10 feet
Why is a sterile field considered contaminated if you turn your back to the field?
A sterile field is considered contaminated if you turn your back to the sterile field because the sterile items are considered out of vision.
Which dress should be placed on a sterile field first?
The wedding dress.
Should a bandage be applied with sterile technique?
If the bandage comes in contact with an open wound, then yes it should. If a bandage is securing a sterile dressing that completely covers the wound, then as the sterile field is already intact, simple prophylacsis will do.
What is a violation of a sterile technique?
reaching over a sterile field
Would you use transfer forceps during a procedure if you were wearing sterile gloves to handle instruments in a sterile field?
You are not required to use transfer forceps during a surgical procedure of you are wearing sterile gloves to handle sterile instruments in the sterile field.
What is a non-sterile field?
Sterile means free of living organisms, so a sterile field is an area that is completely clean of any living organisms. This is the kind of field that surgery is done in to prevent infection. A non-sterile field is an area that though clean, may have living organisms such as bacteria on it.
Once a sterile tray is opened how long is it sterile?
As soon as you open a dry sterile container it is not sterile any more due to stuff falling on it. Studies do show that the longer a sterile field is exposed the higher rate of contamination. There is less contamination with a covered field. Jim RN
What is the difference between sterile and not sterile field and how the correct level of cleanliness may be achieved for the clinicaltherapeutic activitythe clean and the setting?
whats a steile field and what is not
