Surgical Asepsis (ST 121)

Term: 2024-2025 School Year Fall Term

Faculty

Josette Schane OttoShow MyInfo popup for Josette Schane Otto

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Fall 2024 Office Hours:

Office Building/Number: HSIM 105C

Monday-Thursday

• 7:00am to 9:00am 
• 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Friday 

• Appointment ONLY 

Will do my best to respond to emails from 7:30am-4:00pm M-F. 

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605-367-8356 

Schedule

Mon, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (8/26/2024 - 12/13/2024) Location: SF HSIM 115

Description

Asepsis and sterile technique to establish and maintain a sterile field used in surgery will be introduced. The important components of a surgical case, including instrumentation, duties performed during the phases of surgery, physical environment of the operating room, safety considerations, wound healing, and suture, will be emphasized. Observation in the surgery department of a health care facility in order to visualize sterile technique in an operating room will be required. Corequisite: ST 110, HC 117, HC 118, HC 118L