Surgical Scrub Stations in India: Their Significance and Functions
Every hospital needs to maintain hygiene and sanitation in its surroundings. Proper hygienic conditions enhance the trust and reliability of a patient in a hospital and their doctors. A surgical scrub station helps to keep this trust intact by adding to these hygienic conditions. As the name indicates, a surgical scrub station is a sink area for scrubbing hands. These sink stations are found outside areas which need complete safeguarding from microbial attacks and other infections. These sink stations are used before entering the surgical OT room or IVF lab setup and after exiting as well. It is done to reduce the risks of any contamination from the outside area entering the clean areas. Using surgical scrub stations the right way Hands and forearms need to be scrubbed properly. There is a fixed way of scrubbing hands for better protection. A timer is generally found on sink stations. It is because the scrubbing of hands should last for at least three to five minutes. Most studies sug...