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What if I have to sneeze?
What if I feel faint?
What should I say when I first enter the O.R.?
Should I wear my ID tag into the O.R.?
Can I wear nail polish?
Can I wear my rings and my watch when scrubbed in the O.R.?
Can I wear earrings?
When scrubbed, is my back sterile?
When in the surgical gown, are my underarms sterile?
How far down my gown is considered part of the sterile field?
How far up my gown is considered sterile?
How do I stand if I am waiting for the case to start?
Can I button up a surgical gown (when I am not scrubbed!) with bare hands?
How many pairs of gloves should I wear when scrubbed?
What is the normal order of sizes of gloves: small pair, then larger pair?
What items comprise the sterile field in the operating room?
What is the tray with the instruments called?
Can I grab things off the Mayo tray?
How do you remove blood with a laparotomy pad (
“
lap pad
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)?
Can you grab the skin with DeBakey pickups?
How should you cut the sutures after tying a knot?
What should you do when you are scrubbed and someone is tying a suture?