STE 1003 - Introduction to Surgical Technology Lab

Credit(s): 4
Vocational Lab Hour(s): 10
Prerequisite(s): Program Admittance
Formerly STE 103 Introduces hands-on skills in a mock operating room environment for the preoperative phase of surgical technology that includes scrubbing, gowning and gloving, assisting team members, creating and organizing a sterile field, setting up instrumentation on the mayo stand, surgical case management, operative routines, patient transport, patient positioning, prepping, and draping, as well as learning procedures for counting instruments, sponges, needles, sharps, and other items on the sterile field.