Before you can begin to perform the duties of a scrub technician, you must perform the surgical scrub and don a sterile gown and gloves.

At certain points in the procedure of donning a gown, you and the other “sterile” team members should be assisted by the operating room specialist assigned to circulate or the circulating RN. Whenever you are assigned to scrub for more than one case, you must remove your gown and gloves using special techniques devised to keep you from touching the contaminated side of the gown and gloves.

Study of material in this text will acquaint you with appropriate techniques and procedures for the performance of these tasks. This text is directed primarily to the operating room specialist assigned to scrub, but it also includes instruction concerning the important tasks to be performed by the specialist assigned as the assistant circulator. Because assignments to scrub or to circulate for surgery are made on a rotating basis, you (the operating room specialist) should study all of the text material carefully.

This subcourse consists of one lesson and an examination. The lesson is:

Lesson 1. Scrub, Gown, and Glove Procedures.

Students who desire credit hours for this correspondence subcourse must meet eligibility requirements and must enroll through the Nonresident Instruction Branch of the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School (AMEDDC&S). 

Study Suggestions:

–Read and study the lesson carefully.

— After completing the lesson, work the exercises at the end of the lesson,.

–After completing the lesson exercises, compare your answers with those on the solution sheet, which follows the exercises. If you have answered an exercise incorrectly, check the reference cited after the answer on the solution sheet to determine why your response was not the correct one.