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What is the best way to store a clean endoscope between procedures?

A patient is being prepared for endoscopy to retrieve a foreign object lodged in the stomach. Which accessory instrument is most likely to be helpful in grasping a foreign object?

A 7-year-old female intact Vizsla dog is referred to the emergency clinic because of closed pyometra. Which treatment is recommended?

Toward the end of surgery on a 2-year-old cat, the technician’s right glove is inadvertently contaminated. The technician steps away from the sterile field, and the circulating technician properly takes off the technician’s glove, so the technician can finish the surgery. Which of the following regloving methods is most appropriate to use?

In estimating a patient’s blood loss during surgery, the assistant counts the blood-soaked sponges, knowing that each 4- × 4-inch sponge holds approximately what volume of blood?

Which is most appropriate to use to place a blade into a scalpel handle?

What is “B” pointing to?

During surgery, an additional analgesic must be administered intraoperatively in the sterile field. Which step is performed by the sterile surgical technician (as opposed to the circulating technician)?

Where is arrow “1” pointing to?

Which is the appropriate first step in the closed gloving technique?