Hello everybody. I'm Mike from Surgtech Academy and today we're going to talk
about O.R. attire. Now what I really hope to accomplish with this video is
for you to recognize appropriate O.R. attire and to be able to distinguish
between basic and accessory attire. So let's start with basic operating room
attire. The most basic attire are scrubs. Scrubs are provided by the hospital, make
sure they're clean, tucked into our scrub bottoms, or at least tight-fitting.
Next, let's talk about hair covering. There are three main hair coverings. The first is a
surgeon's cap. Here I have a disposable surgeon's cap and I do have a cloth cap
that many people are wearing now. I prefer the bouffant the best.
It covers all my hair, covers my ears, and covers my sideburns. Then lastly we have
the surgical hood. With those of us that have beards or those that are doing No
Shave November the surgical hood is the best option. Next for basic O.R attire I
want to talk about shoes. There are many styles of shoes, running shoes, trail
shoes, clogs, pick whatever you want. The main thing is they need to be clean,
dedicated to the operating room, closed toe, and closed back. Make sure to check
your hospital policy but students, wear your shoe covers at all times. Next let's
talk about the warm-up jacket. Obviously the warm-up jacket needs to be
long sleeved, completely snapped, with the name tag on the jacket. I personally
don't like name tags on scrubs. I think there's a potential for contamination on
the surgical scrub. And then lastly as part of our basic O.R. attire we have
the mask. Make sure that we have the dark color to the outside, the metal insert
fits around the nose, and it fits tightly around the neck and the dome of the head.
And that's it for basic O.R. attire. Next let's transition to accessory attire. The
first thing is the lab coat. Mainly we use the lab coat whenever we leave the
department and I think that's about the only time we use the lab coat. Eye
protection. Use goggles with side protection, maybe something like this. If
you have eyeglasses you can use the side plastic eyeglass inserts and put them on
the arm of your glasses. Those big heavy-duty goggles are okay
but I find them to be super uncomfortable especially for long
surgeries. And that's all I got to talk about for accessory attire. Next I want
to talk about restrictions just for a couple of minutes. Alright the first
thing are tattoos and piercings. Tattoos and piercings are a hot topic right now.
Tattoos are accepted but be aware of healing times on new arm tattoos for
scrubbing purposes. Piercings, at SurgTech Academy it's just easiest to say no
piercings are allowed. No ear piercings, no tongue piercings, no nose, no eyelid, no
cheek, AORN says ear pierce ear piercings are okay as long as they're covered with
the bonnet. Next cell phones. Make sure you disinfect your cell phone before and
after being brought into the department. Make sure they're on vibrate or silent.
And students only use them during lunch. I found that the best way to disinfect a
cell phone is just to take a little alcohol pad and wipe down the front and
the back of it. Next for restrictions I want to talk about undergarments such as
t-shirts. T-shirts need to be contained within the scrubs but make sure you
check hospital policy if undergarments such as t-shirts are allowed at all.
Students I think t-shirts are okay as long as I can't see them. Jewelry whew
absolutely no jewelry on the hands or jewelry they can't be contained in the
bonnet or the scrubs such as a necklace. Here at Surgtech Academy we just think
it's easy to say no jewelry and that's kind of the standard.
Next nails. Unchipped nail polish is acceptable by AORN and they say that
the magic number of days is four days before nails start to chip. But
again I think it's easiest just to say no nail polish. Lastly hygiene and perfume. I
think the easiest thing is just to say shower and use deodorant. There are many
great body sprays out there but there's so many patients with allergies it's
just best no perfume, body washes, body sprays. Well I think that's it for O.R.
attire. I want you to have a great day in surgery and remember to be a superstar
in your O.R.
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