SURG 103S Intro to Surg Tech Practice
The course is open to students interested in surgical technology, but the number of students accepted is limited to the lab space available. This course includes lectures and laboratory practice designed to familiarize the student with physical environment and safety standards. It covers attire, preoperative physical preparation of the patient, patient identification, transportation, transfer, positioning, urinary catheterization, skin preparation, equipment, instrumentation, sterile asepsis and technique, surgical scrub, gowning and gloving, counts, draping, specimen care, disinfection and sterilization, sterile storage and distribution, environmental disinfection of the OR, perioperative case management, assistant circulator role, physical environment, summative lab skills assessment, surgical technologist in the scrub and in the assistant circulator role. (3-4-3)