Digital Resource for Transferring Medication

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ST209/STS2

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Dec 6, 2023

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Digital Resource for Transferring Medication By: Destinie Leslie

Content ▪ Steps to identify Transferring Medication ▪ Verify Medication ▪ Transfer medications and solutions to the sterile field

Surgical Technology: Medication Transfer ▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imUj-LB-xug

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The 6 "Rights" of medication administration ▪ 1. Right drug ▪ 2. Right dose ▪ 3. Right route ▪ 4. Right patient ▪ 5. Right time ▪ 6. Right documentation

Medication identification: ▪ 1. States medication information aloud ▪ 2. Accepts medication ▪ 3. Labels medication containers immediately

What medication containers can be used on the sterile back table? ▪ Pitchers ▪ Basins ▪ Medicine cups ▪ Petri dishes ▪ Syringes

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Delivery from the vial ▪ A. The metal cap is peeled away ▪ - circulator draws up the drug with a ▪ syringe and hypo needle ▪ - then empties the contents into ▪ a sterile med cup held by scrub ▪ B. Circulator may hold vial in an inverted ▪ position while the ST withdraws ▪ - with an 18 gauge hypo needle

Delivery from the ampule ▪ 1. The top of an ampule is broken off at the neck ▪ - should be snapped away from face ▪ 2. Some come with plastic protective cap to prevent injury. ▪ - if it doesnt, then a gauze may be placed over the narrowed area of the ampule for protection ▪ 3. After ampule is broken, item used to protect hands should be discarded from sterile field ▪ - to avoid glass particles into surgical wound

Delivery from the pour bottle ▪ 1. Cap is lifted straight up and off ▪ 2. Entire contents poured ▪ 3. Unused portions should not be saved for later use

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Medication labeling on the sterile back table ▪ 1. Labeled immediately after delivered on back table ▪ 2. In the intermediate storage container (pitcher or medicine cup) and in any delivery vehicle (syringe) ▪ 3. Best if preprinted medication labels are used ▪ 4. Sterile skin marking pen may be used ▪ 5. Sterile adhesive strip may be used

Reference: ▪ Surgical Technology: Medication Transfer. (n.d.). Www.youtube.com. Retrieved October 21, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imUj-LB-xug ▪ Frey, Kevin B, and Association Of Surgical Technologists. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist : A Positive Care Approach. 5th ed., Boston, Ma, Cengage Learning, 2018.

Digital Resource for Transferring Medication

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