sterile technique
Germ-free medical practice
Sterile technique is the set of practices used to prevent contamination during medical procedures, surgery, or laboratory work.
It includes sterilizing instruments, wearing gloves and gowns, and maintaining a contamination-free field.
The nurse maintained sterile technique throughout the catheter insertion.
Distinguished from clean technique, which reduces but doesn't eliminate microorganisms.
- laminar flow hoodSterile filtered-air enclosure
- clean roomContamination-controlled enclosed space
- asepsisAbsence of harmful microorganisms
- gowningPutting on a robe
- surgical scrubAntiseptic hand-cleansing protocol
sterilization · infection prevention · disinfection · autoclave · wound care · wound dressing · surgical gloves · forceps · infection control · operating room · microbiology labs · handwashing · surgery · surgical instruments · operating · instruments · gloves · drape
- lab suppliesbeakers, beaker, test tubes, test tube, pipettes
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- laboratorybeaker, test tube, flask, microscope, pipette
- Medical Advancespenicillin, vaccine, X-ray, insulin pump, pacemaker
- Biology Labpetri dish, microscope, pipette, test tube, beaker
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
sterile techniquecontamination
Introduction of impurities
cross-contamination · sepsis · infection risk · bacterial contamination