After a riveting day yesterday of M3 Orientation where I was reminded about the rigorous rules of HIPAA, and the incompetency of the UMC Financial Aid Department, I donned my white coat today for Surgery Orientation. We talked about HIPAA a bit more, learned how to throw some knots, and, the highlight of the day, we learned how to wash our hands.
Now, almost everytime anyone does orientation in a hospital setting they are taught to wash their hands before and after coming in contact with patients with soap and water. But, today, I got the mother of all handwashing lessons. I learned how to properly scrub in for surgery. Yes, the count method. Scrub ten times on every surface starting at 2 inches above the elbow. A rough estimate, that is about 6800 scrubs for each surgery.
So, now, I meet my resident to go on transplant rounds at 6:30 tomorrow morning. I have no idea what I'm suppose to do. I barely know where I'm suppose to go. But, if all else fails, I'm going to remember to wash my hands.
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Is your resident Bryan Boyd? If so, he's super nice! You'll get really good and washing those hands...and will learn "short cuts" that still meet "requirements!"
Bryan is out of town right now, so I'm following around Mike Keller. He seems real nice too though. We'll see... :)
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