Scrub Suit Essay

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Infection in the operating room can starts at the time any personnel require to enter the operating room when they are about to wear an attire. There should be a sufficient supply of clean operating attire and we often called it Scrub Suits which are lint free, no holes, daily washed and free of dust and dirt.(Williams, 2008). A Scrub suit is considered to be one of the Personal Protective Equipment designed to illicit any threat of infection to the wearer, patient and the environment (Jacob 2007). In a developing country, it is a requirement to wear surgical face mask and surgical cap whenever you are about to enter the operating room premises at any time of the day. It was observed and studied into a case to case basis that primarily wearing these two matters most on the inhibiting the diffusion of any nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal and even hair follicles not only from the surgical team but applicable to all personnel entering and staying inside the …show more content…

Sterility of items should be checked by the Scrub and the Circulating Nurse prior to use, which means that there should be a proper storage and adequate space for all sterile items and supplies which are maintained in a normal room temperature and are not kept near not sterile items specially wet items, and protected from direct sunlight” (Pramann, SherilynThe Nurse ’ s Role in the Perioperative Experience, 2010). Scrub Nurses or Scrub Technicians are responsible for preparing and cleaning the patient’s surgical site, managing and controlling the sterility of the field and the surrounding sterile environment, arranging and preparing and holds accountability of the sterile items that are opened by the Circulating Nurse (Pramann, SherilynThe Nurse ’ s Role in the Perioperative Experience,

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