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surgical procedure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the usual length of suture material used? | 18inch |
| What are the six chains of infection? | infectious agent, host resiovoir, means of exit, means of transfer, means of enternce, subsetiable host |
| what do bandage scissors look like? | one round tip to allow insertion under a bandage |
| what does an Iris scissors look like? | small, sharp, and can be curved or straight |
| what does a suture scissors look like? | notched blade to facilitate the insertion of one tip under suture |
| on your body what is sterility considered with your hands? | above waist |
| What is ultrasonic cleaning? | sound waves with special cleaning solutions |
| What are the five stages of infection? | incubation, pronomal, acute, declining, convalecence |
| What is the temp of an autoclave? | 250-254 degrees |
| how far apart should items be in an autoclave? | 2 inches |
| how long are instruments autoclaved for? | 20 minutes |
| what is the most common autoclave? | steam |
| What are surgical wicks used for? | when an infected wound needs to remain open for drainage? |
| what does silvadene cream treat? | burns and other abbrasive wounds |
| what is the ratio of bleach used to clean biohazard spills? | 1:10 or 10% |
| How would you change a dressing or remove sutures that were stuck to wound or scabbed over? | soak in solution prescribed by doc then remove and clean |
| What are the signs of inflammation? | redness, swelling, heat |
| what are the steps of suture removal and sterip strip application? | lift with forecept, cut below knot, remove suture, applie benzoid outside wound, sterip strip applied end to end like tracks |
| Electrosurgery? | uses electricity for skin tags, lesions, or warts |
| What is the advantage of using electrosurgery? | little bleeding |
| What is cryosurgery? | destroy by freezing tissue |
| what are the advantages of cryosurgery? | less traumatic, control of bleeding |
| What does the acronym laser stand for? | light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
| What precaution must you heed when using laser? | don't inhale vapors, used safty glasses, use non flammable products to prepare skin, sterile water available to extingusih fire |
| What is the most used suture material in an ambulatory office setting? | swag |
| What are the sizeds of suture gages? | 0 to 4 |
| Higher the suture number means? | the finer it is and less scarring |
| What was absorbable sutures called back in the day? | cat gut |
| What is absorbable sutures called today? | vicryo or psd2 |
| What are the four types of suture needles? | cutting needle, round tapper needle, point needle, blunt needle |
| There are three categories of instruments what are they? | cutting, grasping, dilalting or probing |
| What are cutting instruments? | scissors and scalpels |
| what are grasping instruments? | hemostate, forceps, clamps and needle holders |
| what are dilalating or probing instruments? | specula, scope, probes, retracters, and dialatores |
| What are sponges also know as? | gaze |
| what are the sizes of sponges? | 2 by 2, 3 by 3, 4 by 4 |
| What is dressing? | sterile miteral applied directly to surface of wound. |
| what is bandages? | are supported matierial applied over dressing |
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