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Operating rooms (ORs) are specialized workspaces that require highly functional equipment of the highest quality, which surgeons and other OR personnel use to perform lifesaving procedures. Without this equipment in place, OR professionals may struggle to deliver the care that patients need. There is a definite number of essential operating room equipment that OR professionals need on a per case basis. Each piece of equipment serves a distinct purpose and makes it easier for OR personnel to get the job done. Here’s we are discuss some of the most common required OR equipment that serve the needs of OR staff and patients every day. OPERATION TABLE Operating tables, also known as surgical tables, are essential to any operating room. A patient lies on the operating table during a surgical procedure. The purpose of the table is to keep the patient in place while the surgical team operates, and may aid in moving parts of the patient’s body using surgical table accessories. General operatin...

Surgical attire is refers to the clean and sterile clothing worn in the OT, to provide effective barriers that prevent the dissemination of microorganisms to patients and protect personnel from blood and body substances of patients. OT attire is a part of aseptic environmental control in OT. It ensures protective barrier for the patient's undergoing surgery as well as for the personnel during the surgical procedures. PURPOSES The purpose of the OT attire is – To provide protection from exposure of infection to the patient & surgical team member. To prevent transmission of microorganism from hazardous material such as blood or body substances of the patient to the surgical team member. To prevent from infection such as cold, cough, skin infection from the surgical team member may also be transmitted to the patient. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR APPROPRIATE ATTIRE The OT Department should have a specific written policies and procedures for proper attire to be worn within the semi...

STERILITY Sterile or sterility means, an object or surface completely free of all living microorganisms including microbial spores. All nonsterile surfaces are considered potentially contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms. Sterility is absolute. Something is either sterile or not sterile—there is no "partial sterility." CONTAMINATION Contamination is the contact between a sterile surface or object and a nonsterile item, substance, or entity. Contaminated + sterile = contaminated. It is an event in which a sterile item or surface has come in contact with a nonsterile item or surface It defines an item or surface that was previously sterile but comes in contact with a contaminant. For Example – A sterile instrument that falls to the floor. The instrument is contaminated. The surgeon's gloved hand accidentally touches the nonsterile edge of the surgical drape. His glove is contaminated. The scrubbed surgical technologist accidentally punctures her glove with a sutur...

Nursing personnel or nursing section in OT is headed by the Nursing Director or Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). The other members of the nursing team working under the nursing director are as the following: Deputy Nursing Director or Deputy Nursing Officer (DNO) Nursing supervisors Scrub nurses Circulatory nurses Nurse – in – charge store Nurse – in –charge reception, admission, transfer etc. The nurse patient ratio in OT is – Major OT - 1: 2 per table Minor OT - 1: l per table HIERARCHY OF NURSING PERSONNEL IN OT Duties and responsibilities NURSING DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY NURSING DIRECTOR The unit of nursing services in OT is headed by the Nursing Director. Nursing director should have a qualification of post-graduation in nursing with the experience in OT Nursing. He/she is the administrative or managing authority of nursing services in OT. She has three areas of responsibilities: Administration, Management, and Education & research. The Nursing Director is responsible for:...