The principles of sterile techniques are considered to be the Holy Commandments inside the Operating Room and should be strictly followed at any given operation.
1. Only Sterile Technique are used within the Sterile Field
2. Sterile person are gowned and gloved
3. Tables are sterile only at table level
4. Sterile person touch only sterile items and areas. Unsterile person touch unsterile one
5. Unsterile person avoid reaching over sterile field, while sterile person avoid learning over unsterile area.
6. The edge of anything that encloses sterile contents are considered unsterile.
7.Sterile field is created as close as possible to the time of use.
8. Sterile areas are continuously kept in view.
9. Sterile person keep well within sterile area
10. Sterile person keep contact with sterile area to a minimum
11. Unsterile person avoids sterile area
12. Destruction of the integrity of microbial barriers result in contamination
13. Microorganism is kept to an irreducible minimum.
