Scrub, Gown and Glove Procedures is based on the text of a correspondence course produced by the Academy of Health Sciences, United States Army Medical Department, San Antonio, Texas. This course is:

SCRUB, GOWN, AND GLOVE PROCEDURES
SUBCOURSE MD0933 EDITION 100

The original text has been reformatted by the Brookside Associates Medical Education Division to facilitate electronic distribution. While the original text has been preserved, a number of additions have been made in the areas of video, graphics, and supporting files to enhance the original version. Some advertising has been accepted to support this Multimedia Edition.

Development

This subcourse is approved for resident and correspondence course instruction. It reflects the current thought of the Academy of Health Sciences and conforms to printed Department of the Army doctrine as closely as currently possible. Development and progress render such doctrine continuously subject to change.

When used in this publication, words such as “he,” “him,” “his,” and “men” ‘are intended to include both the masculine and feminine genders, unless specifically stated otherwise or when obvious in context.

The initial letters of the names of some products are capitalized in this subcourse. Such names are proprietary names, that is, brand names or trademarks. Proprietary names have been used in this subcourse only to make it a more effective learning aid. The use of any name, proprietary or otherwise, should not be interpreted as endorsement, deprecation, or criticism of a product. Nor should such use be considered to interpret the validity of proprietary rights in a name, whether it is registered or not.

The subject matter expert responsible for content accuracy of this edition was MAJ John Eiland, DSN 471-1582 or commercial (210) 221-1582; Academy of Health Sciences, ATTN MCCSHNO, OR Branch, 2250 Stanley Rd Suite 214, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 78234-6140.