216 Section 2 Principles and Practice of Surgical Technolog 4. Describe the impo

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216 Section 2 Principles and Practice of Surgical Technolog 4. Describe the important checkpoints regarding the application of the safety strap ted areas requiring surgical preparation are prepped last or as separate skin prep. Analyze the abdominal preparation for a routine exploratory laparotomy and identify which areas are prepped separately or last. Where does the preparation begin and how does it extend? tient? Why is there great care in the prevention of pooling of the antiseptics under the pa tching: Skin Prep A Gombination of chlorhexidine and alcohol

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44.The important checkpoint in applying safety straps are

45)The skin prepping is done just before the surgery to reduce the risk of surgical site infections after surgery. Usually I'm exploratory abdominal surgery if anesthesia to be given a quick antiseptic peep is done on back and anesthetized in lumbar region.The abdomen is prepared next.Usually the skin is cleaned from no contaminated area to contaminated area.Contaminated area like private area or perineal area is done at last.

The preparation begins at the surgical site incision area and then moved outward in a circulatory motion or in a square position.

The antiseptic pooling is prevented because there are high chance of fire accident due to the presence of alcohol content in the antiseptic solution.

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