Operating Room Nursing, methods, Operating Rooms, Clinical Competence, standards, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Education, Operating Room Technicians 

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Don operating room attire -- Perform basic hand hygiene -- Don and doff personal protective equipment -- Open sterile supplies -- Perform surgical hand scrub -- Gown and glove self closed-gloving method -- Drape Mayo stand and prepare back table -- Perform counts : prevent retained surgical items -- Prepare medications and solutions -- Select Mayo stand instruments -- Prepare the patient for operating room entry -- Participate in preanesthesia skills -- Facilitate electrosurgery, demonstrate surgical fire awareness -- Gown and glove another team member -- Perform open-gloving technique -- Perform urinary catheterization and skin preparation -- Apply surgical drapes -- Perform postdraping and preincision preparation -- Identify, prepare, and pass instruments -- Prepare, load, and pass suture for right and left-handed surgeons -- Maintain aseptic technique -- Prepare dressings and drains, and facilitate postanesthesia care -- Dismantle the sterile field and disrobe -- Facilitate room turnover and confidentiality -- Facilitate minimally invasive surgery : laparoscopic and robot-assisted.