CARE OF

TRANSFER
OF MEDICAL
FORCEPS
By: Rachel Ann Jimenez
TABLE OF
CONTENTS

STERILE TECHNIQUE
PRINCIPLES OF STERILE TECHNIQUE
STERILE FIELD
STERILE FORCEPS
STERILE
TECHNIQUE:
DEFINITION

Is a set of specific practices and procedures performed

to make equipment and areas free from all
microorganisms and to maintain that sterility.
Is most commonly practised in operating rooms, labour
and delivery rooms, and special procedures or
diagnostic areas.
In health care, sterile technique is always used when the
integrity of the skin is accessed, impaired, or broken
(e.g., burns or surgical incisions).
 PRINCIPLES OF
STERILE TECHNIQUE All objects used in a
sterile field must be A sterile object
Movement around and
sterile. becomes non-sterile
in the sterile field must
when touched by a
not compromise or
non-sterile object. Sterile items that are
contaminate the sterile
·Sterile persons or sterile below the waist level,
field.
objects may only or items held below
contact sterile areas; waist level, are
non-sterile persons or considered to be
items contact only non- non-sterile
sterile areas.
Sterile fields must
If there is any doubt always be kept in
about the sterility of an sight to be
object, it is considered considered sterile
non-sterile.
Once a sterile field is When opening sterile
set up, the border of equipment and
one inch at the edge Any puncture, moisture, adding supplies to a
of the sterile drape is or tear that passes sterile field, take care
considered non- to avoid
through a sterile barrier
sterile. contamination.
must be considered
contaminated.
STERILE FIELD

Is a sterile surface on which to place sterile

equipment that is considered free from
microorganisms.
Sterile field is required for all invasive procedures
to prevent the transfer of microorganisms and
reduce the potential for surgical site infections.
Sterile fields can be created in the OR using
drapes, or at the bedside using a prepackaged
set of supplies for a sterile procedure or wound
care.
 STERILE FORCEPS

Use sterile forceps to

handle sterile supplies.
Forceps are usually used to
move a sterile article from
one place to another.
Forceps may be disposable
or resterilized after use.

Presentations are tools

that can be used as
lectures, speeches, HEMOSTAT FORCEPS TISSUE FORCEPS
reports, and more.
 CARE OF TRANSFER
OF STERILE
FORCEPS

If forceps tips are wet,

Hold sterile Hold sterile forceps
keep the tips lower than
forceps above within sight
the wrist at all times,
waist or table

unless you are wearing

level, whichever is
sterile gloves
higher

 CARE OF TRANSFER
OF STERILE
FORCEPS

When using forceps to lift sterile When placing forceps whose Deposit a sterile item on a sterile
supplies, be sure that the handles were in contact with field without permitting
forceps do not touch the edges the bare hand, position the moist forceps to touch the sterile
or outside of the wrapper handles outside the sterile area. field when the surface

under the absorbent sterile field is
unsterile and a barrier
drape is not used.
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