The surgeon wants to change positions with the scrub nurse at the client's side during the procedure. Which method should they use to maintain the sterile field?
1. They should pass each other face-to-face.
2. They should pass each other back-to-back.
3. Apply new gowns and then change positions.
4. Change positions and then apply new gowns.
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2. The nurse should interlock fingers of the right and left hand together and the surgeon should do the same; then, the nurse and the surgeon should pass one another back-to-back leaving their hands interlocked about 12 inches in front of their ster-nums until they are in their new position to avoid contaminating the hands while moving. The nurse and surgeon move in this manner to avoid contaminating the front of their gowns and because their backs are contaminated.
1. They cannot pass face-to-face because they risk contaminating the sterile region above the waist and below the neck.
3 and 4. Changing gowns is not necessary to change positions as long as the sterile region above the waist is not contaminated.
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