- Ensure the availability of equipments instrument consumables and implants

- Ensure that the theatre has been cleaned before the patient in OR

- Ensure sterile technique for scrubbing, gowning, gloving and draping

- Receiving sterile equipment’s via circulating nurse using sterile technique

- Ensures and performs surgical handwash before the start of every surgery/procedure according to the protocol

- Prepare the instrument trolley as per surgical procedure requirement

- Secure the suction tube, cautery cables and ensure cautery plate application

- Adhere to the WHO secure surgery checklist.

Ensure

Time out and performs initial sponges, instruments and needle counts in the presence of all the surgical team before the skin incision

- Assist according to the surgeons needs for the procedure

- Maintain sterility throughout the procedure

- Have awareness on patients safety

- Concentrate and observe throughout the procedure





- Save and care for tissue specimen

- Under take count of sponges and instruments with the circulating nurse before wound closure and sign out

- Inform the sponge, instruments and needle count to the surgical team

- Assist for dressing of the wound

- Prepare the patients for recovery room transfer after physical examination

- Follow the bio-medical waste management protocol

- Complete timely documentation along with circulating nurse

- Check specimen as per policy

- Rinse the instruments and check the instruments with the check list then hand over instruments to CSSD with proper documentation

- Ensure the surgery record, billing, consumables and drugs are all recorded and entered wherever required

📌 Operation Theatre Nurse (Vadodara)
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📍 Vadodara