You are scrubbed and in sterile attire (gown/gloves), and you realize your top glove has a hole. This is considered __________.

When creating the sterile field and opening the room for a case, the ____ should be opened first.  

Any tissue or item removed from the patient’s body during surgery is considered a potential __ . it should be identified and maintained in a specific way on the surgical field to prevent loss or damage until the surgeon can verify if the tissue needs to be sent to pathology.  

The purpose of draping in surgery is to provide a/an __ around the surgical site.

_____ gloving is used to don sterile gloves  to perform skills such as urinary catheterization, skin prep, and sterile dressing changes.

____ occurs when water comes into contact with a sterile package.  

_____ areas of the body are subject to pressure from gravity and weight and more likely to have pressure sores after surgery if not properly padded. For example, the sacrum,  the calcaneus, the occipital bone, and the olecranon when the patient is in a supine position.

When draping the patient for surgery, once a towel or drape has been placed on the patient, __.

What areas of the patient’s body must be adequately supported, protected and/or padded when the using the Prone position to prevent injury?

_______ is absolute, something either is or is not ___ , and there is no “partial” or “grey”- it is only seen as “black and white”.