How We Standardized Our Ortho Skin Prepping Practices

Our standard routine; One-two punch; Adhere; Alike Over; Apply; Base; Case; Clean; Data; Drip Pad/U-Drape Prep? YesNo Observed Case; Friction; Gloves Observed Case; Gloves On? No GlovesSterile Gloves Observed Case; GlovesSterile Gloves Observed Case; Gluconate Observed Case; Hand; HeldLimb Holder Observed Case; Holder Observed Case; Nurses HeldLimb Holder Observed Case; ORs; On? No GlovesSterile Gloves Observed Case; Pad/U-Drape Prep? YesNo Observed Case; Paint; Painting? YesNo Observed Case; Perform; Performed; Performed Gloves On? No GlovesSterile Gloves Observed Case; Performed Painting? YesNo Observed Case; Povacrylex Observed Case; Pre-op; Prep Performed Gloves On? No GlovesSterile Gloves Observed Case; Prep Performed Painting? YesNo Observed Case; Prep? CirculatorAttendingScrubFellow Observed Case; Prep? YesNo Observed Case; Prepare; Preps Alike Over; Prevent; Removing; Scrub; Scrub Used? Scrub; ScrubIodine Povacrylex Observed Case; SinkChlorhexidine Gluconate Observed Case; Skin Preps Alike Over; Stay; Surgical Prep Performed Painting? YesNo Observed Case; Used? Betadine Paint; Used? Scrub; Wash; accepted; actors; actual; addition; agent; agents; agreed; alcohol; antimicrobial; antiseptic; antiseptics; application; applicators; apply; applying; area; argue; asked; beneath; betadine; broad; brought; buzz; camera; care; case; chairman; change; changing; chemical; choice; circulator; clarify; clean; cleansing; clearer; collaborative; common; comparing; contamination; control; counts; created; creating; current; data; day; debris; decreasing; delivering; department; devices; directed; directions; disinfecting; dispersive; documented; documenting; draped; draping; effective; electrodes; electrosurgical; eliminated; encourage; enlisted; entire; established; evidence-based; fellow; finger; fingernail; follow; forearms; found; free; fun; gathering; germicidal; gloves; gowned; group; hand; hold; home; hoped; immediately; improve; increased; indirect; infection; information; initiative; insist; instrument; integrity; involve; iodine; kit; knowledgeable; launch; left; leg; limited; literature; made; make; manner; manufacturer's; member; methodology; methods; microbes; microbial; minimize; minutes; not-so-standard; nursing; observed; open; opening; opposed; organic; orthopedic; packs; pads; part; patient; patients; payors; people; performed; performing; perioperative; place; pneumatic; pointing; pooling; portrayed; positioning; povacrylex; practice; pre-op; prep; preparation; prepare; prepped; prepping; preps; present; presentation; preserves; prevented; prevents; primary; process; produced; products; project; proper; published; quality; range; rationale; real; reality; rebound; reduce; removing; research; resistance; results; risk; routine; scrub; scrubbed; securing; short; show; showed; showing; side; simply; site; skilled; skin; soil; staff; standard; standardize; standards; started; sterile; study; suggests; superficial; supplies; support; supported; supports; surgeon; surgeons; surgery; surgical; surrounding; taking; team; tech; techniques; things; tourniquet; transient; two-week; un-gowned; unanimously; understands; uniform; unit; vendor; video; videotape; wear; working; wound; written