Tech in Surgery Prep / Unit 18 TSC 429 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sterile to Sterile
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The idea
Sterile team members touch only sterile items and areas, and unsterile members touch only unsterile ones.
In practice
The scrub person handles what is on the field; the circulating nurse opens packages and handles everything outside it.
Where people slip
When a sterile and an unsterile person must work close together, both move with deliberate care.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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