OR technologist must change into approved surgical scrubs. They should be made of a low-linting material that minimizes bacterial shedding.

Two peice scrubs should fit properly with the top tucked into the waist. Pant legs of bottom must not drag the floor. Scrubs must be changed following the procedure and before the wearer reenters the surgical suite if soiled with blood, perspiration, or food.

They are button-up or snapped covers worn between procedures. They are designed to prevent soiling or cross contamination of the scrubs while the tech is outside the surgical suite.

They must be removed before reentering the surgical suite.

Worn before entry into a surgical area.

The bouffant and hood types are preferred b/c they cover the head the best.

They must be disgarded immediatley after use and changed for each procedure.

They are worn to keep the shoes, clean and decrease the quantity of soil and bacteria tracked into the surgical suite.

They must be changed if they become soiled and torn.

They should be worn in the surgery suite and presurgical and recovery areas.

No soft cloth shoes should be worn.

A durable shoe with plenty of support and a closed toe and heel should be worn.

• Provide adequate number of lead aprons for all personnel.
• Wear thyroid shield.
• Secure aprons tightly to prevent them from touching sterile field or personnel (clip them).
• Clean aprons weekly or as needed with a liquid cleaner.
• Intermittently check aprons for cracks  in the lead lining, you are able to fluoro the apron and see the cracks.

• Use single exposure capacity to greatly reduce fluoroscopy time.
• Use "image hold" feature to allow the last image to remain on the monitor.
• Also watch the surgeon and if he/she is looking away, DO NOT FLUORO!!

• It provides an improved and brighter image for patient with a larger body habitus, or thick anatomy.
• It also increases radiation, which also increases exposure to the patient and surrounding surgical team by a factor of three to four times.
• USE BOOST FEATURE ONLY WHEN YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO!

It's on the right side with the catheter in place.

It's a urologic procedure where the physician injects contrast into the ureter in order to visualize the ureter and kidney. The flow of contrast (up from the bladder to the kidney) is opposite the usual flow of urine, hence the retrograde name.

On the left side, where the catheter has been withdrawn.

 X-ray photograph of the ureters after injection of a radiopaque substance

What is open reduction?

It's for severe fractures with significant displacement or fragmentation, a surgical procedure is required.  The fracture site is exposed, and a variety  of screws, plates, or rods are inserted as needed to maintain alignment of the bony fragments until new bone growth can take place.

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What position is the C-arm in? What is the plastic seperator? And what does this plastic seperator mean?

The C-arm is in the PA projection position with the intensifier on bottom and the tube on top.

The plastic is called a shower curtain and these normally represent a hip or intramedullary rod insertion.

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What is this a picture of? And what position is it in?

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What is this a picture of and what position is it in?

It's an OR procedure that provides stability and pain relief to patients with vertebral compression fractures.

The procedure involves the introduction of orthopedic (acrylic) cement directly into the affected vertebrae.

It's a more recent modification of the vertebroplasty procedure in which a balloon is first inserted into the collapsed vertebrae. The balloon is then inflated, which expands and restores the collapsed portion of the vertebrae, after which acrylic  cement is injected to stabilize the vertebrae.

The difference is the balloon.

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What is this a picture of?