Key result
Introducing new working methods (no-touch instrument passing technique, instrument neutral zone) can significantly decrease injuries and blood contaminations for surgical team members.
Why the study?
Do new working methods (no-touch instrument passing technique, instrument neutral zone) reduce injuries and contaminations in surgical team members during orthopedic procedures?
Do new working methods (no-touch instrument passing technique, instrument neutral zone) reduce injuries and contaminations in surgical team members during orthopedic procedures?
Introducing no-touch instrument passing techniques and neutral zones can significantly decrease bloodborne pathogen exposure risks for orthopedic surgical teams.
Surgical team members constantly are exposed to blood during procedures. Inadvertent injuries (e.g., needle sticks, cuts) and contaminations expose team members and patients to the risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Injuries and contaminations can be decreased significantly for scrub people and first assistants, however, by introducing new working methods (i.e., no-touch instrument passing technique, instrument neutral zone).
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Folin et al. (2000) conducted a review in Blood exposures during orthopedic surgical procedures. New working methods (no-touch instrument passing technique, instrument neutral zone) was evaluated on Injuries and contaminations. Introducing new working methods (no-touch instrument passing technique, instrument neutral zone) can significantly decrease injuries and blood contaminations for surgical team members.
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