Chapter 18, Problem A4CR

Danielle, a CST at an inner city hospital, is advised of an add-on case of diagnostic laparoscopy for lower abdominal pain in a 28-year-old female. As the surgeon inspected the peritoneal cavity, she found that the appendix was normal; however, there were numerous adhesions involving the adnexal structures. How did the patient likely become infected initially?

You work in Dr. Gainess office and you know that the Boulays appointment today is about a potential contagious rash. What precautions should you take when the family arrives?

As an illustration, a patient undergoing a laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) procedure under general anesthesia might be happier not to know the numbers of portals of entry for potential transmission of pathogenic microbes to which she will be subjected. The anesthesia provider would be accessing the patients airway and vascular system by an IV line. Which portals of entry will the surgeon be accessing?