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