Staff Nurse - Kottakkal, India - ALMAS HOSPITAL

ALMAS HOSPITAL

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Kottakkal, India

2 weeks ago

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Deepika Kaur

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Duties of scrub nurse

Before an operation
Ensures that the circulating nurse has checked the all the equipment needed during procedure.
Ensures that the theatre has been cleaned before the trolley is set.
Prepares the instruments and equipment needed in the operation
Prepare own self by using sterile technique like scrubbing, gowning and gloving.
Receives sterile equipment via circulating nurse using sterile technique.
Performs initial sponges, instruments and needle count, checks with circulating nurse.

When surgeon arrives after scrubbing

Provide assistance for gowning and gloving to the surgeon and assistant surgeon as soon as they enter the operation suite
Assemble the drapes according to use. Start with towel, towel clips, draw sheet and then lap sheet.
Assist the surgeon in draping the patient aseptically according to routine procedure.
Place blade on the knife handle using needle holder, assemble suction tip and suction tube.
Bring mayo stand and back table near the draped patient after draping is completed.
Secure suction tube and cautery cord with towel clips or Allis.
Prepares sutures and needles according to use.

During An Operation

Maintain sterility throughout the procedure.
Awareness of the patient's safety.
Adhere to the policy regarding sponge/ instruments count/ surgical needles.
Arrange the instrument on the mayo table and on the back table
Before the incision begins, provide two sponges on the operative site prior to incision.
Passes the first knife for the skin to the surgeon with blade facing downward and a hemostat to the assistant surgeon.
Passes the retractor to the assistant surgeon.
Watch the field/ procedure and anticipate the surgeon's needs.
Pass the instrument in a decisive and positive manner as needed in the procedure.
Watch out for hand signals to ask for instruments and keep instrument as clean as possible by wiping instrument with moist sponge
Always remove charred/burned tissue from the cautery tip
Notify circulating nurse if you need additional instruments as clear as possible.
Always keep 2 sponges on the field throughout the procedure.
Save and care for tissue specimen according to the hospital policy
Remove excess instrument from the sterile field.
Adhere and maintain sterile technique and watch for any breaks. If any breaks found then inform immediately to the surgeon.