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Surgery gowns are considered sterile ONLY from the shoulders to the waist. True or False?

Drapping a surgical patient should only be performed by scrubbed-in personnel.  True or False?

To properly position a quarter drape, it should have the corners rolled outward to wrap around palms and floated into position over the patient.  True or False?

Thumb forceps are held in the surgeons dominant hand to hold tissues while suturing or dissecting. True or False?

Surgical assistants should focus on using the _____________________ of the scissors to cut suture material.

If the contents of a horses large intestine are to be evacuated, a sterile-draped tray is prepared on which the _______________ is to be placed.

Stainless steel is a _____________ suture material.

Which of the following may fall under the role of a surgical assistant in the postoperative management of a patient?

____________________ suture material is less reactive than ____________________ suture material.

Powder bed fusion requires a polymer bonding agent on the particles.