How should perioperative team members select surgical gowns?
What is the critical zone of a gown or drape, and how is this determined?
Are sterile gowns and sterile gloves required for clean-contaminated procedures (ie, tonsillectomy, cystoscopy)?
How often should a surgical mask be changed?
What should a scrubbed team member do if he or she sneezes?
Do sterile fields need to be constantly monitored?
Can a powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) be used in the perioperative environment when a sterile field is present?
What is important to know about the surgical helmet system donning process?
Which types of adhesive incise drapes may be used?
Are unsterile items allowed on the sterile field?
When, why, and how do sterile fields need to be covered?
What is important to know when using a unidirectional ultraclean air delivery system (aka, laminar airflow)?
How can perioperative personnel reduce the risk of exposure to potentially infectious material and contamination from intraoperative debridement devices with irrigation (eg, hydrosurgery, pulse lavage, low-frequency ultrasonic debridement) on open, infected wounds?
How is the surgical wound classification determined?
What is the purpose of documenting surgical wound classifications?
What are the surgical wound classifications?
Can the same sterile field setup be used for two different areas on the same patient?
What is the difference in barrier performance between gowns and drapes labeled Level 1, 2, 3, or 4?
When should perioperative team members change gloves during an invasive procedure?
Why should perioperative team members double glove during invasive procedures?