The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 6.—Xurses costume. Fig. 7.—Assistants costume. package and is not unrolled until needed. They are put on be-fore entering the operating room. The number of visitors islimited to the capacity of the visitors stand. Operating Room Nurse.—The operating room nurse is respon- OPERATING ROOM 25 sible for the care of the operating room and the adjoining prepares all instruments, dressings, ligatures, sutures andappliances for operations and those used in the hospital. Shekeeps a record of dressings and


The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . Fig. 6.—Xurses costume. Fig. 7.—Assistants costume. package and is not unrolled until needed. They are put on be-fore entering the operating room. The number of visitors islimited to the capacity of the visitors stand. Operating Room Nurse.—The operating room nurse is respon- OPERATING ROOM 25 sible for the care of the operating room and the adjoining prepares all instruments, dressings, ligatures, sutures andappliances for operations and those used in the hospital. Shekeeps a record of dressings and appliances issued to the differentwards of the hospital, and prepares a monthly report. Shestands at the main instrument table during operations and passessuch instruments, etc., as the surgeon may require to the seniornurse. She touches no instrument or article which has once lefther hands until it has passed through the sterilizer. She must alwaysbe sterile. She should endeavor to anticipate the surgeonsneeds. She watches closely the nurses who assist her in theoperating


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