Operating Room Skills

<p><strong>UNIT I: SURGERY PREPARATION<br></strong>1. Don Scrub Attire<br>2. Perform Basic Hand Hygiene<br>3. Don and Doff Personal Protective Equipment<br>4. Open Sterile Supplies<br>5. Perform Surgical Hand Scrub and Rub<br>6. Gown and Glove Self-Closed Gloving Method<br>7. Drape Mayo Stand and Prepare Back Table<br>8. Prevent Retained Surgical Items and Demonstrate the Count Protocol<br>9. Manage Medications and Solutions<br>10. Select Mayo Stand Instruments<br>11. Prepare the Patient for Operating Room Entry<br>12. Participate in Preanesthesia Skills<br>13. Facilitate Electrosurgery and Surgical Fire Awareness<br>14. Gown and Glove Another Team Member<br>15. Perform Open Gloving Technique<br>16. Position the Patient, Perform Urinary Catheterization and Skin Preparation<br>17. Apply Surgical Drapes<br>18. Perform Postdraping and Preincision Preparation<br><br><strong>UNIT II: SURGERY FUNDAMENTALS<br></strong>19. Identify, Prepare, and Pass Instruments<br>20. Prepare, Load, and Pass Suture for Right- and Left-Handed Surgeons<br>21. Maintain Sterile Technique<br>22. Facilitate Specimen Care, Dressings, Drains, and Postanesthesia Care<br><br><strong>UNIT III: ESSENTIALS AFTER SURGERY<br></strong>23. Dismantle the Sterile Field and Disrobe<br>24. Facilitate Room Turnover and Confidentiality<br><br><strong>UNIT IV: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY<br></strong>25. Facilitate Minimally Invasive Surgery: Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted<br><br><strong>UNIT V: STUDENT SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST IN THE OPERATING ROOM<br></strong>26. Transition to the Clinical Setting<br><br><strong>Appendices<br></strong>A. Answer Keys: Discussion Questions and Math Problems<br>B. Apprentice Preceptor<br>C. Internet Supplements<br><br><strong>Online Resources<br></strong>Chapter Skills<br>ST Skills Videos and Scenarios<br>Editable Competency Assessments<br>End-of-chapter Activities<br>General Surgery Instruments # 1-128 PowerPoint</p>