Question

The perioperative nurse must collaborate with the scrub person to ensure all containers and syringes on the sterile field that contain medications, solutions, chemicals, and reagents are labeled:

a) before patient enters OR
b) when scrub person has time after setting up instruments
c) immediately after transfer to the sterile field
d) after the time out is complete and before incision

Answer 1

All containers and syringes on the sterile field must be labeled immediately after transfer to the sterile field to maintain aseptic technique and patient safety.

Step-by-step explanation:

The perioperative nurse must collaborate with the scrub person to ensure that all containers and syringes on the sterile field containing medications, solutions, chemicals, and reagents are labeled immediately after transfer to the sterile field. This practice is part of maintaining aseptic technique and is crucial for patient safety to prevent contamination and sepsis. The nurse and the rest of the surgical team must adhere to this protocol, along with other important steps such as confirming that prophylactic antibiotics have been administered within 60 minutes before incision, ensuring that all essential imaging results are displayed, and that a 'time out' is conducted before skin incision to review critical information.