User's Manual Part 1

Draping
da Vinci
®
Si™
6-2
DRAFT/PRE-RELEASE/CONFIDENTIAL 10/9/14
6.1 Draping Guidelines
• For speed, sterility and safety, draping should be done by a two-person team: a scrub
nurse or surgical assistant and a circulating nurse who can handle non-sterile
components.
• Drape the arms systematically, moving from left to right or right to left.
• First drape the column. You should then drape instrument arm 3 (if it will be used).
• Using the clutch buttons, the cir
c
ulating nurse should move each straightened arm to
provide plenty of room to maneuver around the arm.
• Once an arm is draped, the scrub nurse should move the draped arm away from the
undrape
d
arms and prepare to drape the next arm.
To drape the da Vinci Si, y
ou need a three-quarter drape for the column, two or three
instrument arm drapes, a camera arm drape, and a camera head drape. Draping the
touchscreen is optional. Drapes are available for order as complete kits and as individual
items. Before beginning a procedure, make sure that you have sufficient draping supplies – at
least one backup of each required drape – to account for inadvertent contamination while
setting up the system, and have the endoscope laid out and ready for use.
WARNING: If the dr
ap
e packaging is torn or open, do not use the drape, as the drape
may be unsterile.
Note: Never substitute generic drapes for Intuitive Surgical drapes. Drapes are available
from Intuitive Surgical or your distributor. Each piece of the custom draping has been
designed to maintain sterility and to make the draping process easy and efficient.
6.2 Column Covering Procedure
Intuitive Surgical recommends covering the Patient Cart column with a three-quarter drape for
procedures where fluid may splash onto the column. You should cover the column before
draping the instrument arms and camera arm.
• Minimum length and width for three-quarter dr
ape: 75" x 50" (190.5 cm x 127 cm)
• Maximum length and width for three-quarter drape: 80" x 60" (203.2 cm x 152.4 cm)