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Surgical Technologist Exam Prep

Category - Surgical Technologist

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All of the following are essential guidelines for a nurse who is scrubbing in for a procedure EXCEPT:

Wash hands and arms before starting the surgical hand scrub.
Rinse thoroughly, keeping the hands lower than the elbows.
Hold the hands and the arms away from the body.
Use knee or foot controls to turn off the water.

Explanation

Answer: B-All of the above are correct except to rinse thoroughly, keeping the hands lower than the body. In order to scrub appropriately the nurse must keep the hands above the elbows both during the scrub and when approaching the surgical suite. This moves excess water and potential microbes away from the hands.

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