3-6. OPENING AND POURING STERILE LIQUIDS Show Sterile liquids are necessary for many procedures requiring sterile technique. Use the following procedures to open bottles containing a sterile liquid and to pour the liquids into a sterile container. a. Lift or unscrew the cap. Do not touch bottle rim and inside cap, as these items are considered sterile. As you remove the cap, listen for a vacuum release sound. If there is no vacuum release sound, assume that the liquid is not sterile and get another bottle of the liquid to use instead. b. Hold the cap in your hand or rest the cap upside down on table (not on sterile field since the outside of the cap is contaminated) so that the inside of the cap does not become contaminated. If the cap becomes contaminated, it cannot be used to reseal the bottle of sterile liquid and the left over portion of the sterile liquid must be discarded. c. Glove your nondominant hand.
Figure 3-8. Grasp cuff.
Figure 3-9. Hand in glove. d. Hold bottle in your ungloved hand with label against your palm. This protects the label from dripping solution. Also a clean label can be read easily. e. If the bottle was opened previously, pour a small amount of liquid into a waste container, usually an emesis basin. Prepouring will cleanse the lid of the bottle. The container should not be inside the sterile field. f. Pick up the container into which the liquid is to be poured with your gloved hand and step back from the sterile field. This is done to keep any liquid from dropping onto the sterile field. If a sterile field becomes wet, consider it to be contaminated. g. Hold the bottle about 6 inches above the container into which the liquid is being poured and pour the liquid slowly in a steady stream into the sterile container. Pouring slowly in a steady stream avoids splashing.
What is the correct way to pour solutions onto a sterile field?Sterile solutions should be poured into a sterile bowl or tray from the side of the sterile field and not directly over it. Use only sealed, sterile, unexpired solutions when pouring onto a sterile field. Solution should be held six inches away from the field as it is being poured.
Where should a sterile bowl or basin be placed in the sterile field?Sterile items should be positioned for use in the OR, such as the back-table pack placed on back table, basin placed in ring stand, instrument sets placed on flat surfaces, and skin prep tray placed on prep table. The items should be placed on clean, dry surfaces.
Are the edges of a sterile field sterile?On the patient only the sterile drape and the prepared surface of the patients of the patient's body are considered the sterile field. The edges of the sterile field are not considered sterile because they come in contact with non-sterile surfaces.
How far away from the edge of the sterile field should the sterile item be?Once a sterile field is set up, the border of one inch at the edge of the sterile drape is considered non-sterile. Place all objects inside the sterile field and away from the one-inch border.
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When preparing to pour a sterile solution you should place the bowl on the edge of the sterile field
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