NURS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Asepsis, Capillary Action, Sepsis
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O(cid:374)l(cid:455) ste(cid:396)ile o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e pla(cid:272)ed o(cid:374) a ste(cid:396)ile (cid:862)field(cid:863). Putti(cid:374)g a(cid:374) o(cid:271)je(cid:272)t that is o(cid:374)l(cid:455) clean on a sterile field contaminates it: 3. A sterile object or field becomes contaminated by prolonged exposure to air. Air currents deliver microbes and dirty to the sterile field: 4. When a sterile surface comes in contact with a wet, contaminated surface, the sterile surface becomes contaminated through capillary action: 5. If a nonsterile fluid flows over a sterile field, it is contaminated: 6. There is a 1 inch area around any sterile field that is considered contaminated: 7. Always face a sterile field and never turn your back to one: 8. Avoid sudden movements that may disrupt a sterile field: 9. Avoid talking, coughing or sneezing over a sterile field: 10. In clean technique, hand hygiene and the removal of most microbes is the goal: although the object is clean, it is not sterile.
