Patient Care Technician graduates will:
- Identify the members of the surgical team
- List the tasks of an operating room patient care technician
- Interpret a surgery schedule
- Summarize medical terms used in the operating room
- Describe the growth requirements for microorganisms
- Describe signs and symptoms of infection
- Summarize the importance of complying with Standard Precautions
- List some common pathogens
- Compare and contrast the difference between medical and surgical asepsis in the operating room environment
- Summarize the importance of frequent handwashing
- Describe the proper attire for operating room patient care technicians inside and outside of the surgical suite
- Identify traffic patterns for restricted, semi-restricted, and non-restricted areas of the operating room
- Describe general cleaning and disinfection of the operating room
- List major sources of contamination in the surgical suite
- Demonstrate how to do the surgical hand scrub and the patient surgical skin/shave preparation
- Demonstrate both the open and closed method of donning surgical gloves
- Describe the layout of a typical operating room
- Identify standard operating room furniture, equipment, and their purposes
- Summarize the safety hazards and methods of prevention that an operating room patient care technician may encounter while on the job
- Demonstrate proper technique in transporting patients to the operating room
- List common surgical subspecialties and needs for each of these specialties
- Identify emergencies that may occur in the operating room and some expectations associated with each of these emergencies
- Demonstrate proper preparation of operating rooms and case carts
- Demonstrate opening the sterile field and supplies
- List common hospital codes and the role of the operating room patient care technician in each of these codes
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