OPERATION THEATRE HAND WASH

1. OT DEPARTMENT
PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
HOSPITAL
POR MORESBY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA

3. SURGICAL SCRUB DEFINED AS A “PROCESS OF
REMOVING OR DECREASING ,FROM THE
HANDS AND THE FORARMS AS A MANY
NUMBER OF BACTERIAL COUNT& RESIDENT
SKIN FLORA AS POSSIBLE TO A SAFE LEVEL OF
SURGICAL ACCEPTANCE BY MECHANICAL
SCRUB WITH THE HELP OF SCRUB BRUSH &
WITH A CHEMICAL ANTISEPTIC SOAP”.

4.  SURGICAL SCRUB CONSIST OF TWO PROCESS-
 1 MECHANICAL SCRUBBING PROCESS.....
 2 CHEMICAL PROCESS......

5. THIS PROCESS REMOVES MICRO-
ORGANISM BY FRICTION AND
REDUCE RESIDENT FLORA AND
BACTERIAL COUNT FROM THE
SKIN.

6.  THIS PROCESS INACTIVATES MICRO
ORGANISM WITH CHEMICAL ANTI-
SEPTICS OR ANTI MICROBIAL AGENT
 THIS PREVENTS THE GROWTH OF A
MICRO ORGANISM BY ITS ANTI SEPTIC
ACTION BUT MAY NOT KILL MICRO-
ORGANISM

7. 1 SCRUB AREA 2 SCRUB SINK
3 CHEMICAL
SOAP
4RUNNING
ARROW WATER
5THE WATER TAP 6 SCRUB BRUSH

8.  NAILS ARE TO BE CUT SHORT AND SHOLUD
BE FREE FROM DIRT
 CHECK FOR HANDS AND FOR ARMS FOR
CUT, INFECTOINS,BRUISES,LESIONS OR
ABRATIONS, BURNS AND SKIN BREAK ON
SKIN SURFACESS
 ALL JEWELLERIES LIKE RING, WRIST
WATCH,BANGLES etc ARE TO BE REMOVED..

11.  FOR MAJOR OPERATION:
FOR A MAJOR OPERATION LONG SCRUB IS REQUIRED.
THE DURATION OF SCRUB SHOULD BE 6-7 mins.
 ONE HAND AND ONE FOREARM
 A, Scrub the nails of hands- 30 strokes
 B, Scrub side of each fingers 20 strokes
 C, Scrub back of hands-20 strokes
 D, Scrub palm of the hands-20 strokes
 E, Scrub foreamrm-20 strokes
 REPEATE SAME STEPS FOR OTHER HAND