Author Question: Once the patient's skin has been prepped with iodine solution, it is sterile and considered free of ... (Read 17 times)

lbcchick · **on:** Jul 18, 2018

Once the patient's skin has been prepped with iodine solution, it is sterile and considered free of all flora.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

A sterile person and an unsterile person face each other when passing each other so as to recognize whether the sterile person gets contaminated.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

rosiehomeworddo · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: F
Skin cannot be sterilized. Skin is a potential source of contamination in every invasive procedure. Mechanical washing and chemical asepsis are used to remove or inactivate transient and resident flora from skin around the surgical site. Gloved hands do not touch the skin and then touch deeper tissues.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: F
Sterile personnel turn their back to an unsterile person or unsterile area to avoid contamination when passing.