Question

10. What is residual activity as it is applied to antiseptics?

11. Why is the patient provided a hospital garment to wear during day (come and go) surgery?

12. Under what circumstances is it necessary to wash the skin with antiseptic soap before applying skin prep paint?

13. Why is pre-surgical skin marking performed?

14. Explain the statement "There is no perfect skin antiseptic and no one solution for preventing SSI." 15. When a tincture is used to prep the skin, it must be completely dry before drapes are applied. Why? 16. When prepping a site that is potentially more contaminated than the surrounding area within the prep boundary, which is prepped first-the less contaminated area or the more contaminated area? Explain your reasonning. Flovide examples.

10. What is residual activity as it is applied to antiseptics? 11. Why is the patient provided a hospital garment to wear during day (come and go) surgery? 12. Under what circumstances is it necessary to wash the skin with antiseptic soap before applying skin prep paint? 13. Why is pre-surgical skin marking performed? 14. Explain the statement "There is no perfect skin antiseptic and no one solution for preventing SSL." 15. When a tincture is used to prep the skin, it must be completely dry before drapes are applied. Why? 16. When prepping a site that is potentially more contaminated than the surrounding area within the prep boundary. which is prepped first-the less contaminated area or the more contaminated area? Explain your reasoning. Provide examples.

Answer 1

Answer:The residual activity as it applied to the antiseptic is that the action of antimicrobial ingredient continues after the solution that have been dried. The residual activity mainly measures the microbial count below the baseline.