Surgical Scrub （Scrub Technique）
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| 1) Trimming and Cleaning Nails | |
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Trim fingernails and clean with disposable nail file.
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| 2) Initial Wash and Scrubbing Fingers | |
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Wash for 30-60 seconds with surgical scrub.
Scrub fingers with a sterile scrub brush Make sure to scrub all sides of each finger, including the area between fingers. Down load video of this step. |
| 3) Scrubbing Hands and Forearms | |
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Scrub hands and arms with a sterile scrub brush.
Make sure to scrub each surface of each hand and arm. An accepted contact time is 10 brush strokes per surface. Down load video of this step. |
| Rinse hands and rescrub as in step 3. | ||
| During scrubbing, rinsing and drying, hands are held above elbows. This is done so that water will not be dripping from upper arms onto lower arms and hands. | ||
| After both scrubs and rinses, total contact time should be 5 minutes. | ||
| Some surgeons do not rinse off the chlorhexidine in order to enhance residual activity. | ||
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