Flowchart

Clara Jiménez | May 28, 2023

Start

Place the package on a

clean surface

With your hands already clean

and dry, pierce the seal of the Slide the contents of the
outer wrapper of the sterile package onto the reserve table
package at one of its ends

Verify and extract the chemical

indicator from the sterile
package, which guarantees the Take the first angle
sterility of the internal content of Does the content pull off from the upper outer
the package and allows us to without tearing or puncturing Yes side towards the far left
guarantee an adequate area for the cover? side, letting it fall gently
the circulation and manipulation on the table
of the medical devices to be
used in the surgical procedure.

no

Place the Simultaneously open the upper

Locate the basic
location of the and lower right corners of the
instrument kit
pieces of the package cover and slide them
needed for the
package content completely covering this area of
procedure in the
in the upper right the reservation table
upper left corner
corner

Proceed to regularize the edges of the package by
fixing the ends of the package with hemostats,
adhesive tapes or manually tying them, both on the
left side and on the right side of the reserve table.
Proceed to the circulation of medical devices
necessary for the surgical procedure, according to its
End
needs, verifying quality control and maintaining
adequate aseptic technique.