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Preparation and Principles

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Preparation and Principles

Surgical principles
Patient assessment
Patient preparation
Surgical team preparation
Surgical equipment

Surgical principles

Surgical principles

Introduction Basic definitions Surgical principles Operating environment Sources of contamination Wound Healing

Patient assessment

Patient assessment

Introduction Clinical assessment Anaesthetic risk Preparation

Patient preparation

Patient preparation

Introduction Intravenous (IV) catheter placement Bladder expression Hair removal Scrubbing

Surgical team preparation

Surgical team preparation

Introduction Non-sterile barriers to contamination Hand washing Hand drying Gloving Instrument area

Surgical equipment

Surgical equipment

Introduction Instruments Cleaning Sterilisation methods Autoclaving

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