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SURGICAL HAND SCRUB IN OPERATION THEATRE
SR :FOUSIA PKOT DEPARTMENTPACIFIC INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALPOR MORESBYPAPUA NEW GUINEA
INTRODUCTIONITS NOT POSIBLE TO MAKE SKIN SURFACE OF THE HAND STERILE
THERE FOR WASHING AND SCRUBBING ARE DONE TO CLEAN THA HANDS FOR PREPARATION OF DOING OR ASSISTING IN STERILE PROCEDUR OR HANDLING STERILE SUPPLY.
DEFINE SURGICAL SCRUB
SURGICAL SCRUB DEFINED AS A “PROCESS OF REMOVING OR DECREASING ,FROM THE HANDS AND THE FORARMS AS A MANY NUMBER OF BACTERIAL COUNT& RESIDENT SKIN FLORA AS POSSIBLE TO A SAFE LEVEL OF SURGICAL ACCEPTANCE BY MECHANICAL SCRUB WITH THE HELP OF SCRUB BRUSH & WITH A CHEMICAL ANTISEPTIC SOAP”.
SURGICAL SCRUB PROCESS:
SURGICAL SCRUB CONSIST OF TWO PROCESS-
1 MECHANICAL SCRUBBING PROCESS.....2 CHEMICAL PROCESS......
1, MECHANICAL SRUBBING
THIS PROCESS REMOVES MICRO-ORGANISM BY FRICTION AND REDUCE RESIDENT FLORA AND BACTERIAL COUNT FROM THE SKIN.
2 CHEMICAL PROCESS;
THIS PROCESS INACTIVATES MICRO ORGANISM WITH CHEMICAL ANTI- SEPTICS OR ANTI MICROBIAL AGENT
THIS PREVENTS THE GROWTH OF A MICRO ORGANISM BY ITS ANTI SEPTIC ACTION BUT MAY NOT KILL MICRO-ORGANISM
SCRUB FACILITY
1 SCRUB AREA 2 SCRUB SINK
3 CHEMICAL SOAP
4RUNNING ARROW WATER
5THE WATER TAP
6 SCRUB BRUSH
BEFOR SCRUBBING FOLLOWING PREPARATIONS IS NECESSARY....
NAILS ARE TO BE CUT SHORT AND SHOLUD BE FREE FROM DIRT
CHECK FOR HANDS AND FOR ARMS FOR CUT, INFECTOINS,BRUISES,LESIONS OR ABRATIONS, BURNS AND SKIN BREAK ON SKIN SURFACESS
ALL JEWELLERIES LIKE RING, WRIST WATCH,BANGLES etc ARE TO BE REMOVED..
LET’S START SCRUBBING......
DURATION OF SCRUB...
FOR MAJOR OPERATION: FOR A MAJOR OPERATION LONG SCRUB IS REQUIRED. THE DURATION OF SCRUB SHOULD BE 6-7 mins.
ONE HAND AND ONE FOREARM
A, Scrub the nails of hands- 30 strokesB, Scrub side of each fingers 20 strokesC, Scrub back of hands-20 strokesD, Scrub palm of the hands-20 strokes E, Scrub foreamrm-20 strokesREPEATE SAME STEPS FOR OTHER HAND
AFTER SCRUBBING...RINSE EACH ARM SEPERATLY, FINGERTIPS
FIRST , HOLDING HAND ABOVE THE LEVEL OF ELBOW..
USING A STERILE TOWEL, DRY THE FINGER TIPS TO 5CM ABOVE ELOBOW. USE ONE SIDE OF TOWEL TO DRY ONE HAND AND OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWEL TO DRY OTHER HAND
KEEP HAND ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE WAIST AND DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING BEFOR PUTTING STERILE GOWN AND GLOWES