Surgical technology : principles and practice /
Fuller, Joanna Ruth.
Armistead, Julie.
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier,
c2013.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The surgical technologist -- Communication and teamwork -- Law, documentation, and professional ethics -- The health care facility -- Disaster preparedness and response -- The patient -- Diagnostic and assessment procedures -- Environmental hazards -- Microbes and the process of infection -- The principles and practice of aseptic technique -- Decontamination, sterilization, and disinfection -- Surgical instruments -- Perioperative pharmacology -- Anesthesia and physiological monitoring -- Postanesthesia recovery -- Death and dying -- Physics and informationn technology -- Energy sources in surgery -- Moving, handling, and positioning the surgical patient -- Surgical skin prep and draping -- Case planning and intraoperative routines -- Management of the surgical wound -- General surgery -- Minimally invasive endoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery -- Gynecological and obstetrical surgery -- Genitourinary surgery -- Opthalmic surgery -- Surgery of the ear, nose, pharynx, and larynx -- Oral and maxillofacial surgery -- Plastic and reconstructive surgery -- Orthopedic surgery -- Peripheral vascular surgery -- Thoracic and pulmonary surgery -- Cardiac surgery -- Pediatric surgery -- Neurosurgery -- Emergency trauma surgery.
Surgical technology.