TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical Scrubbing and Attire in the Operating Room and ICU
T2 - A Multicultural Guide
AU - Abdelwahab, Rewan
AU - Aden, Aisha
AU - Bearden, Brenda
AU - Sada, Alaa
AU - Bostwick, J. Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
Thank you to the Mayo Clinic Student National Medical Association and Mayo Muslim Medical Association members for sharing their experience navigating medicine at a variety of institutions and providing their insights on the areas for improvement in the field of surgery and medicine. Thank you to Dr Ravinder Singh for helping connect us to Sikh medical providers for the sake of accuracy and completeness of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American College of Surgeons
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - In response to the challenges faced as diverse students when first encountering the intricacies of scrubbing into the operating room (OR), we have prepared a rudimentary surgical skills guide to supplement the knowledge of students and educators alike. In keeping with the need to adapt standard protocols to accommodate religious and cultural practices, this guide focuses on hijab, natural hair, dastar, protective styles, and beard protocol in the OR. It addresses some of the personal protective equipment needs of Muslims, Orthodox Jews, Sikhs, and groups maintaining beards as a part of cultural or religious practices. We intend this guide to serve as a foundation on which the medical field can update its educational practices in line with the increased diversity of the medical professions, while also continuing to ensure the safety of OR and ICU patients. This guide also highlights COVID-19-specific changes in personal protective equipment and seeks to open up a conversation about the necessity of currently held surgical practices.
AB - In response to the challenges faced as diverse students when first encountering the intricacies of scrubbing into the operating room (OR), we have prepared a rudimentary surgical skills guide to supplement the knowledge of students and educators alike. In keeping with the need to adapt standard protocols to accommodate religious and cultural practices, this guide focuses on hijab, natural hair, dastar, protective styles, and beard protocol in the OR. It addresses some of the personal protective equipment needs of Muslims, Orthodox Jews, Sikhs, and groups maintaining beards as a part of cultural or religious practices. We intend this guide to serve as a foundation on which the medical field can update its educational practices in line with the increased diversity of the medical professions, while also continuing to ensure the safety of OR and ICU patients. This guide also highlights COVID-19-specific changes in personal protective equipment and seeks to open up a conversation about the necessity of currently held surgical practices.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.05.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 33991651
AN - SCOPUS:85107626509
SN - 1072-7515
VL - 233
SP - 321
EP - 327
JO - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
JF - Journal of the American College of Surgeons
IS - 2
ER -