That's What She Said

Animal Class. Topic: Aseptic Technique

If you're going to implant something, make sure it's sterile, otherwise you're giving them a bunch of bacteria and closing them off.

If you go over to the animal facilities, and start walking around, someone will ask you to leave! We want traffic flow to a minimum

If my cat was sick, and then i walked into the OR in my street clothes, that's not a good idea. So we use scrubs.


And a sort of top 10 innuendo/That's What She Said one-liners on various aspects of aspetic technique...

*We don't like wood cause it isn't easy to sterilize. Wood in the OR is not a good idea.
*You put your instrument in, it only needs for about 10-15 seconds.
*When you put it in, make sure it isn't all gooey first.
*You wanna clip a wide margin, you don't want any hair in the way.
*Position them so they're still, it's hard to hit a moving target.
*When you're peeling, the thing in the middle pops out. Then another person can grab it.
*Once you start this process, you don't wanna touch anything else.
*Start with your fingers, cause those are gonna be inside. Do 5-10 strokes for each finger.
*It's great to practice on something that doesn't need to recover, just so you get an idea of what you're doing
*You don't want things too tight.
*Be gentle, these are living tissues.