Scrubbing
Up
All taking part in
the surgical procedure and the OT team must scrub. The scrub rooms are situated
before the entrance to the OT.
Adjust the elbow taps to deliver water without
splashing .
In most tropical countries only a cold water tap is necessary.
• Wet your hands, apply a little soap or
detergent, and work up a good foam
• Scrub your hands and forearms to 5 cm above
your elbows for one complete minute
• Wash your forearms
• Then take a sterile brush and put soap on
it (Fig. 1.2)
• Scrub the lateral side of your left thumb,
then its medial side, then the lateral and medial aspects of each successive
finger
• Scrub your nails, and then the back and
front of your left hand
• Follow
same routine with your right hand. Scrub for 5 minutes in all.
Some
surgeons only scrub their nails, and then thoroughly wash and rinse their hands
and arms upto their elbows a number of times for 5 minutes. Rinse the suds from
your hands while holding them higher than your elbows (F
• Turn
off the taps with your elbows
Dry
your hands with a sterile towel before you put on a sterile gown
• Dry
your hands first, then your forearms
• Grasp
the folded towel with the fingers of both hands, then let it drop open, so that
you don’t touch anything with the open towel
• Dry
your hands on one corner, then dry your forearms
• Try
not to bring a wet (unsterile) part of the towel back to a dry area of your
arms and hands.
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