STEPS IN ABDOMINAL

PREPARATION
Amy R. Diyal, RM
Davao Regional Medical Center
OB COMPLEX Operating Room
 Perform Hand Hygiene

 Assemble all materials for skin preparation:

>sterile gloves
> sterile sponges
> Small sterile basin
> 2 or more clean towels
> Kick bucket (trash bin)
> skin disinfectant (cutasept in a spray bottle)
  STEPS:
After the patient
 Expose the skin area by folding back
is anesthetized
and positioned the patient’s gown
at dorsal  Place clean towels on either both
decubitus, sides of the patient. To prevent the
prepare the pt. solution from dripping on the patient’s
for pre operative side and then the other towel on the
abdominal skin patient lap.
preparation.
  Don the surgical gloves using open
technique.
 Hold the cutasept spray with your non-
dominant hand then start spraying
evenly on the abdominal surface
STEPS: extending from nipples to mid thigh.
 Using the sterile sponge, scrub the skin.
Starting from the umbilicus in a circular
motion, in an even widening circle to the
other portion of the exposed area.
  You must use sufficient friction to remove dirt
and microorganism from skin
 Scrub with a separate sponge for each round
for a minimum of 5 rounds.
 Spray cutasept evenly on the patient’s
abdomen particularly on the surgical site
 Leave it for a minimum of a 2 minutes (valid
exposure time for skin areas rich in sebaceous
glands is a minimum of 2 mins
 Discard used gloves, soiled sponges, wrapper in
STEPS a kick bucket.
 Perform hand hygiene.
PERINEAL
HYGIENE
URINARY
CATHETERIZATION