Key features

• •Full-color photographs and line illustrations showing… scrubbing, gowning and gloving
• •instruments, equipment and supplies
• •anatomy
• •positioning and draping
• •medications
• •sutures
• •Basic set up for a laparoscopic and an open procedure.
• •Aseptic technique refresher.
• •A variety of sutures, their basic materials, and uses.
• •Prepping guidelines as well as a comparison of clipping and shaving.
• •Procedures for basic draping, including AORN draping standards.
• •Suggestions and tips on how to communicate effectively in the OR, including how to handle difficult events and people.
• •Write-on/wipe off pages that let you keep track of surgeon’s preferences at various clinical sites.