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HI guys I need help. I had a simulation lab at my nursing school in Ohio where I had to insert a foley catheter into a dummy. So there was a kit with all of the equipments required for the insertion, however I dumped my hands with sterile gloves into kit while being careful about breaking sterility to make sure everything was there and nothing missing. Is this breaking sterilty by anyway, to check the kit, it wasn't with my bare hands or anything. This is may be a stupid question to ask, but please guys I need help. I would appreciate all of the help provided!

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I'm pretty sure that if you touched sterile items in the kit, with a sterile gloved hand then you were fine... but to be honest I am a new grad and haven't done but one on a real person so far, so I could be wrong. It makes sense that you were fine... sterile to sterile :)

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Sterile to sterile is safe. You did not contaminate the sterile equipment because you had sterile gloves on. There is one inch margin that you are not supposed to touch because that is considered contaminated. Also no crossing over. The other rule is not to let the sterile field out of your sight----if you turn your head away from the sterile field--consider it contaminated.

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Specializes in PACU, CARDIAC ICU, TRAUMA, SICU, LTC.

Have you received education on sterile fields? I read both of your posts with regard to the same topic. You seemed very anxious to get an answer. Why is that?

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I'm guessing the instructor didn't want you to check the kit before you performed the skill. Simple as that. It's not something you would do in "real life." In nursing school, you're at the mercy of your instructors. Whatever they say, goes, and usually for good reason. The one instructor I liked the least, is the voice I hear in my head the most at work. :)

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You seemed very anxious to get an answer. Why is that?

Because she's a nursing student?!?!?! :lol2:

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Specializes in interested in NICU!!.

yeah, i wanna know too, what's with the quesiton?

did she tell you-you contaminated the sterile field?

if you had your sterile gloves and touched sterile equipment everything is okay.

what did your ci tell you on your demonstration?

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