Creating Sterile Field
Creating Sterile Field
Creating Sterile Field
Prof.Rosamma Joseph
T JOHN COLLEGE OF NURSING
STERILE TECHNIQUE
http://nursing411.org/Courses/MD0540_Sterile_Procedures/3-06_Sterile_Procedures.html
OPENING AND POURING STERILE LIQUIDS
• Lift or unscrew the cap. Do not touch bottle rim and inside cap,
as these items are considered sterile.
• As you remove the cap, listen for a vacuum release sound. If
there is no vacuum release sound, assume that the liquid is not
sterile and get another bottle of the liquid to use instead.
• b. Hold the cap in your hand or rest the
cap upside down on table (not on sterile
field since the outside of the cap is
contaminated) so that the inside of the
cap does not become contaminated.
• Hold the bottle at a slight angle, about
10-15cm above the container into which
the liquid is being poured and to the side
of the sterile field.
• pour the liquid slowly in a steady stream
into the sterile container. Pouring slowly
in a steady stream avoids splashing.
• Do not touch the bottle lip against the container. If the lip of the
bottle touches the container, the container will not be sterile.
• Do not allow the bottle to pass over the sterile field. If the bottle
passes over any part of the sterile field, then that part of the
field is considered contaminated, because a microscopic
organism could have fallen from the bottle or your hand onto the
field.
• If the bottle has to be reused again, replace the cap
immediately and write on the label the date and time of opening.
Adding sterile supplies using sterile forceps
• Use sterile forceps to handle sterile supplies.
• Forceps may be disposable or resterilized
after use.
• Commonly used forceps include hemostats,
tissue forceps and Cheatle forceps.
• Keep the tips of forceps lower than the wrist
all times.
• Be sure that the forceps do not touch the
edges or outside of the wrapper.