Rant of the day
My last case of the day was a PD cath. The doctor scrubbed in, and my second tech asked if she needed her to scrub in as well. The doctor said yes, that would be great.
I finished gloving the doctor and turned back to throw off cords while my second tech throws her gown and glove. Then I heard someone pump hand sanitizer behind me. I turned around and saw my second tech “scrubbing in.” I asked her, “What are you doing?” She replied, “Scrubbing in.”
I looked at her and asked, “With hand sanitizer?” She said, “Yeah, I do it all the time in small cases because we don’t have Sterillium in the regular rooms, and I can’t use Avagard.”
At that point I was baffled and told her she either needed to use the Avagard or go to the sink and do a proper scrub.
I was so mad the rest of the case I felt crazy, I’m not the type of person to go talk to management but I felt I need to.
To my baby Techs and Students please remember in the morning your first scrub of the morning is a 5 minute scrub, the rest of the cases (depending on your facility) is attest a 3 minute scrub and WITH A BRUSH (that’s a whole other rant) hand sanitizer is NOT a replacement for Avagard or Sterilium or their off brands.
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