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| CHEMICAL AGENTS APPROVED FOR USE ON THE SKIN THAT INHIBIT THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTION OF MICROORGANISMS. |
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| A DRAPE INTENDED TO SEPARATE A CONTAMINATED AREA FROM THE INCISION SITE. |
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| THE REMOVAL OF DEVITALIZED TISSUE, DEBRIS, AND FOREIGN OBJECTS FROM A WOUND. |
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| THE REMOVAL OF AIR OR FLUID FROM AN ORGAN. |
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| STERILE MATERIAL, INCLUDING TOWELS AND SHEETS, THAT ARE PLACED AROUND THE PREPARED INCISION SITE TO CREATE A STERILE FIELD. |
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| ALSO CALLED A BODY SHEET, A LARGE RECTANGULAR DRAPE USED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE SURGICAL SITE. |
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| A TURBAN-STYLE DRAPE CREATED WITH TWO SURGICAL TOWELS THAT COVERS THE PATIENT'S HEAD AND EYES. |
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| A PLASTIC, SELF-ADHESIVE DRAPE THAT IS POSITIONED OVER THE INCISION SITE AFTER THE SURGICAL SKIN PREP. |
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| THE USE OF ANTISEPTIC SOLUTIONS TO CLEAN THE SKIN, REDUCE THE MICROBAL COUNT, AND PREVENT UNNECESSARY CONTAMINATION OF AN AREA FOR A STERILE INVASIVE OR NONINVASIVE PROCEDURE. |
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| THE "_CIDAL" ACTIVITY OF AN ANTISEPTIC OR A DISINFECTANT THAT CONTINUES AFTER THE SOLUTION HAS DRIED. |
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| ALSO CALLED A "PAINT PERP." THE SKIN PREP IS PERFORMED USING ONLY ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION WHICH IS PAINTED ON THE SKIN AT THE OPERATIVE SITE. |
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| AN AREA THAT INCLUDES THE DRAPED PATIENT, ALL STERILE TABLES, AND STERILE EQUIPMENT IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE PATIENT. |
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| SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI). |
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| POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION OF THE SURGICAL WOUND, MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY THE NORMAL BACTERIA FOUND ON THE PATIENT'S SKIN OR SHED FROM THE SKIN OR HAIR OF MEMBERS OF THE SURICAL TEAM. |
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| THE UPPERMOST DRAPE IN A LAYERED DRAPING ROUTINE. |
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| SMALL STERILE TOWEL, THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF A HAND TOWEL. IT'S USED TO ENCLOSE OR FRAME THE INCISION SITE. |
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| A STERILE BODY SHEET WITH A HOLE OR "WINDOW" THAT EXPOSES THE INCISION SITE. |
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| SURGICAL SKIN PREP WHICH INCLUDES A SCRUB PREP AND APLICATION OF ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION TO THE SURGICAL SITE. |
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