Surigao Education Center

College of Midwifery
Return Demonstration Performance Checklist

Name:________________ Section:________

Preparing and Maintaining an Sterile Field

Purpose:

To create an environment that helps ensure the sterility of supplies and equipment and prevent
transfer of microorganisms during sterile procedure.

Equipment:

• Flat work surface

• Sterile drape
• Sterile supplies, e.g. sterile gauze, sterile basin, solutions, scissors,
forceps
• Packaged sterile gloves
Steps:
A. Special Considerations

PROCEDURE RATIONALE 1 2 3 4 5
1. Wash hands
2. Inspect all sterile packages for
package integrity, contamination
or moisture.
3. During the entire procedure,
never turn back on the sterile
field or lower hands below the
level of the field.
B. Opening a sterile field

4. Remove the sterile drape from

outer wrapper and place the
inner drape in the surface of the
work surface, at or above waist
level with the outer flap facing
 away from you.
5. Touching the outside of the flap,
reach around (rather than over)
the sterile field to open the flap
away from you.
6. Open the side flaps in the same
manner, using the right hand for
the right flap and the left hand for
the left flap.
7. Open the innermost flap that
faces you, being careful that it
does not touch your clothing or
any object.
C. Adding sterile supplies to the
field
8. Open unsealed edge of
prepackaged sterile supplies,
taking care not to touch the
supplies with the hands.
9. Hold supplies 10 to 12 inches
above the field and allow them to
fall to the middle of the sterile
field.
10. Wrapped sterile supplies re
added by holding the sterile
object with one hand and
unwrapping the flaps with the
other hand. Carefully drop the
object onto the sterile field.