{"id":223,"date":"2023-09-27T21:13:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2479.temp.domains\/~brooksm5\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2023-09-28T00:16:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:16:49","slug":"section-3-cleansing-agents-in-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/lessons\/section-3-cleansing-agents-in-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 3. Cleansing Agents In Use"},"content":{"rendered":"

1-11. INTRODUCTION<\/h2>\n

A number of surgical soaps are available for use in Army hospitals. Scrub brushes are also used. A surgical scrub brush\/sponge with a nail cleaner are prepackaged, presterilized, and may be impregnated with a surgical soap. The brush is disposable and for one time use only.<\/p>\n

1-12. SURGICAL SOAPS<\/h2>\n

a. Standard Agents. The surgical soaps available as a standard item are Povidone-iodine and Hibiclens\u00ae. These soaps are used in a concentrated liquid form in soap dispensers or in brushes impregnated with these detergents.<\/p>\n

b. Desirable Properties. These agents are preferable for doing the surgical scrub because:<\/p>\n

(1) They are nonirritating to most people.<\/p>\n

(2) They leave a minimum number of microorganisms on the skin.<\/p>\n

(3) They have a prolonged anti-bacterial effect on the skin when used regularly. Surgical detergents leave a film on the skin which keeps the resident bacteria to a minimum and yet they do not interfere with the skin’s natural resistance to transient bacteria (refer to paragraphs 1-1d(1) and (2)).<\/p>\n

(4) They will lather in either hot, cold, or hard water.<\/p>\n

(5) The amount of detergent needed for a scrub is small (about 8 ml). Adding more water produces more lather.<\/p>\n

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Editor’s Note<\/strong><\/p>\n

A surgical scrub brush\/sponge with a nail cleaner are prepackaged, pre-sterilized, and may be impregnated with a surgical soap.<\/p>\n

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Surgical Scrub Brush<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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1-13. ALTERNATIVES IN THE FIELD<\/h2>\n

a. Povidone-iodine and Hibiclens are two types of surgical soaps that are available as standard items. These soaps are in liquid form.<\/p>\n

b. When surgical soaps are not available, the surgical scrub should be performed according to local standard policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1-11. INTRODUCTION A number of surgical soaps are available for use in Army hospitals. Scrub brushes are also used. A surgical scrub brush\/sponge with a nail cleaner are prepackaged, presterilized, and may be impregnated with a surgical soap. The brush is disposable and for one time use only. 1-12. SURGICAL SOAPS a. Standard Agents. The … Continue reading Section 3. Cleansing Agents In Use<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223\/revisions\/261"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/Scrub_Gown_and_Glove\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}