Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique

Section I: Fundamentals of Theory and Practice
1.Perioperative Education
2.Foundations of Perioperative Patient Care Standards
3.Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Issues
Section II: The Perioperative Patient Care Team
4.The Perioperative Patient Care Team and Professional Credentialing
5.The Surgical First Assistant
6.Administration of Perioperative Patient Care Services
Section III: The Patient as a Unique Individual
7.The Patient: The Reason for Your Existence
8.Perioperative Pediatrics
9.Perioperative Geriatrics
Section IV: The Perioperative Environment
10.Physical Facilities
11.Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Alternative Surgical Locations
12.Care of the Perioperative Environment
13.Potential Sources of Injury to the Caregiver and the Patient
Section V: Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique
14.Surgical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Therapy
15.Principles of Aseptic and Sterile Technique
16.Appropriate Attire, Surgical Hand Hygiene, Gowning and Gloving
17.Decontamination and Disinfection
18.Sterilization
Section VI: Surgical Instrumentation and Equipment
19.Surgical Instrumentation
20.Specialized Surgical Equipment
Section VII: Preoperative Patient Care
21.Preoperative Preparation of the Patient
22.Diagnostics, Specimens, and Oncologic Considerations
Section VIII: Pharmacology and Anesthesia
23.Surgical Pharmacology
24.Anesthesia: Techniques and Agents
Section IX: Intraoperative Patient Care
25.Coordinated Roles of the Scrub Person and the Circulating Nurse
26.Positioning, Prepping, and Draping the Patient
27.Physiologic Maintenance and Monitoring of the Perioperative Patient
Section X: Surgical Site Management
28.Surgical Incisions, Implants, and Wound Closure
29.Wound Healing and Hemostasis
Section XI: Perianesthesia and Postprocedural Patient Care
30.Postoperative Patient Care
31.Potential Perioperative Complications