ST 121 - Surgical Asepsis

3 Credit Hours

This course is an introduction to sterile technique in surgery. Students will learn all components of establishing and maintaining a sterile field. In addition, the following topics will be covered: reading a doctor’s preference cards to better prepare the operating room, instrumentation and their classifications, suture wound healing and sterilization of surgical instrumentation. The students will spend a morning or afternoon (7:30am-11:30am or 12-3:30) in the surgery department of one of the Sioux Falls’ health care facilities to gain a better understanding of sterile technique

Corequisites: ST 110, HC 117, HC 118, HC 118 L

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