Surgical Team Members Have Control of Many of the Factors

question 1

Multiple Choice

Surgical team members have control of many of the factors that have been shown to contribute to SSIs.Which statement below reflects a best practice for surgical scrub/surgical hand asepsis?

• A) Do not wear hand or arm jewelry;pin rings and watches to scrub pocket instead.
• B) Keep nails short and do not wear artificial nails or nail wraps.
• C) Wear home-laundered scrubs only when working in the preop or PACU areas.
• D) Wear a surgical mask at all times when colonized with S.aureus or group A streptococcus.

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