😷 Why OR Staff Dress the Way They Do

Creating a Sterile Environment for Surgery

• The operating room is a controlled environment designed to prevent harmful bacteria from reaching an open wound.
• Surgical teams wear specific clothing to create a **sterile field**, which is an area kept free from microorganisms.
• Your body has natural defenses against germs, but those defenses are bypassed when we make an incision.
• Our attire ensures that we do not introduce outside contaminants into your body during the procedure.