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Sterile-Z Back Table Cover: Optimized for Today’s OR

The Sterile-Z® Back Table Cover helps medical professionals more easily prepare their operating rooms and maintain the sterile fields within them. This innovative surgical back table cover is specifically designed to maintain your sterile field while being applied and removed.

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An Effective Microbial Barrier for Up to 24 Hours!

The Sterile-Z Back Table Cover carries validated performance for up to 24 hours when applied immediately, providing OR staff greater flexibility and confidence. In addition to allowing for earlier setups, this unique sterile drape supports longer cases and procedural disruptions/delays.

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What Problem Does the Sterile-Z Back Table Cover Solve? 

Back tables can become contaminated in as little as 30 minutes when exposed to OR air.2 In the OR, airflow over the sterile field is greater than over back tables, leaving back tables exposed to less clean air and more microbial burden.2

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Noteworthy Stats

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$3.3 billion estimated expense of surgical site infections in the United States each year1

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surgical site infections extend hospital length of stay by 9.7 days per admission1

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surgical site infections increase hospitalization costs by $20,000 per admission1

Sterile-Z Back Table Cover vs. Other Methods

Sterile-Z Back Table Cover

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Z-fold technology facilitates quick, intuitive use
Protects the sterile field for up to 24 hours
Complies with current AORN guidelines
Can free up personnel’s time
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¾ Sheets or Double-Cuff Methods

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Often slip from the back table
Not transparent or impermeable
Challenging to remove without lifting the edges across the sterile field

The Sterile-Z Back Table Cover Meets Current AORN Guidelines

The Sterile-Z Back Table Cover provides a standardized, repeatable method that complies with current AORN guidelines for covering and removing drapes from a prepared sterile field.

“Cover the sterile field with a sterile drape in a manner that allows the cover to be removed without compromising the sterility of the table. The sterile field may be covered with a sterile drape designed for this purpose.” 3 — Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

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Find Out How Others Benefit from the Sterile-Z Back Table Cover

“The Sterile-Z Back Table Cover gives us the freedom to leave the surgical room, assist other staff, expedite turnovers, provide meal breaks, manage inventory, and set up multiple rooms.” — Maria Candelaria, BSN, RN, CURN (Clinical OR Nurse in Florida)

Sterile-Z White Paper: Redefining the Role of Back Table Sterile Drapes in the OR
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1.    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Chapter 9: Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Event – January 2025. Accessed January 28, 2025.

2.    Dalstrom DJ, Venkatarayappa I, Manternach AL, Palcic MS, Heyse BA, Prayson MJ. Time-dependent contamination of opened sterile operating-room trays. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008;90(5):1022-1025. doi:10.2106/JBJS.G.00689.

3.    Guideline for sterile technique. Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. Denver, CO: AORN, Inc; 2024:978-983.