Chapter 17: A View into the Operating Room

In-service training on instrumentation with the University of Utah Transplant Team. (Photo used with permission from Transplant Service, University of Utah.)

OR staff preparing the room for the next case. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

A freshly opened pan of sterilized instruments. The striped tape indicates that the pan has been properly sterilized. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Gowned and gloved scrub technician preparing his back table for an OR case. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Empty sterilization pan with back table fully set up in the background. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Fully set up back table in the Burn Unit at the University of Utah. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Close-up of instrument pan contents set up on the back table. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Fully set up back table at UCLA. (Photo used with permission from Deanna Attai, MD; Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA Health Burbank Breast Care.)

Orthopedic surgery setup during a case. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Surgeons at work placing a tourniquet to minimize blood loss. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)

Dr. McGreevy patiently teaches residents in the operating room. (Photo used with permission from Ruth Braga, University of Utah.)