6. Describe and then compare the routine perioperative sequence of surgery from the patient’s point of view and then from the surgical technologist’s point of view in the assistant circulator role and then the scrub role. Emphasize the focus of eager primo in each role.
7. Describe the roles and the responsibilities regarding the hazards of surgery intraoperatively and the possible complications, including incidence and precautions that are taken to prevent each one. Emphasize the scrub role responsibilities, that they have direct control and should take the lead regarding the prevention of infection (sterile technique), prevention of foreign body retention, prevention of medication or wrong site surgery errors, and prevention of surgical fires. Emphasize the importance of being a patient advocate and environmental awareness regarding dark blood in the field, failure to clot, and sudden hemorrhaging.
8. Analyze the preoperative routines that must be completed, including anesthesia preoperative visit, common lab studies, radiology studies, and patient preparation.
9. Analyze and compare the types of gloves and gowns, including the implications for use.
10. Analyze the postoperative routines such as the selection and application of dressings or the process of room turnover, including decontamination, definition of room turnover, and common methods to facilitate room turnover time such as case cart systems and workflow principles.