supplies

Question 1

Basin

Answer 1

Filled with sterile water, to soak instruments

Wrapped sterilely to be opened on a ring stand

Question 2

Graduate Pitcher

Answer 2

Filled with 100mL of saline for irrigation from & around wounds

Irrigation fluid is recorded to Anesthesiologists for EBL

Question 3

Small Bowl

Answer 3

Used on the back table for variety of reasons ; specimens, dye, sponge

even if empty kept on back table for use can arise at any minute

Question 4

Kidney Basin

Answer 4

Extra bowl that can be used at techs discretion

Used as a cath spillover saline when wound is irrigated

Question 5

Medicine Cup

Answer 5

Hold medications on the back table

Drugs are poured into medicine cup by circulating nurse, sterilely

Question 6

Asepto Bulb Syringe

Answer 6

Used to retrieve a “washing” specimen

Filled with 120cc of saline for irrigation

Question 7

Bulb Syringe

Answer 7

Filled with 60cc of saline for irrigation

To irrigate delicate structures, nose, ear, and hands

Question 8

Bovie Pad

Answer 8

Pad is single use, used non sterile manner

Applied to patient’s skin over muscular, hair free surface, non-bony, by circulating nurse

Question 9

Bovie Pencil

Answer 9

Used to cauterize blood vessels and cut tissue

End of the cord is passed to circulating nurse to be plugged in to bovie machine

Question 10

Bovie Tip

Answer 10

Tips are interchangeable

Are considered a sharp and disposed of in sharps container

Question 11

Bovie Scratch Pad

Answer 11

Used to clean char from bovie tip

Adhesive back to secure drapes near operative fields on the mayo stand.

Question 12

Needle Mattress

Answer 12

Used needles are stuck in the magnetic strip of mattress during case

Each numbered block gets one needle, needle count at the end keeps the needles safe.

Question 13

Lap Sponges

Answer 13

Comes in a pack of 5

Used for cases with large amounts of blood, large incision

May be moistened with saline & used as a “pack” to retract and protect operative viscera

Question 14

Tail Sponges

Answer 14

Comes in a pack of 5

Used often during hysterectomies to pack bowel away

Radiopaque band that runs through it, incase a sponge is lost during case

Question 15

Tonsil Sponges

Answer 15

Comes in a pack of 5

Cotton-filled gauze used during tonsillectomy to pack the bed

Loaded and passes on Schnidt clamp

Question 16

Kitners and Peanuts

Answer 16

Comes in a pack of 5

Used for blunt dissection in small areas

Tiny sponges are attached to a clamp when placed on the mayo stand

Question 17

Cottonoid Sponge

Answer 17

Comes in a pack of 10

Soaked in hemostatic agent then applied to tissue to constrict blood vessels

Used to remove fluid from around delicate tissue by moistening with saline

Question 18

Raytec Sponges

Answer 18

Comes in a pack of 10

For cases with small incisions and minimal blood loss

May be folded and loaded on a sponge stick if used below the fascia layer

Question 19

Rubber Shod

Answer 19

Comes in a pack of 10

Used to grasps sutures without damaging

Designed to slide onto the tips of hemostatic clamps

Question 20

Syringe

Answer 20

Used to draw up administer medications or fluids

Measured in milliliters

Question 21

Hypodermic Needles

Answer 21

Must be counted

Needles are numbered according to size in diameter

Question 22

Light Handles

Answer 22

Used sterilely and to adjust operative lights during surgery

Will be attached to spot lights and will be the only sterile place on the light

Question 23

Marking pen w/ Labels and Ruler

Answer 23

Writing on skin, labeling medication or writing needs

Disposed of at the end of the case, new ones for new case

Question 24

Suction Tubing

Answer 24

Used for suctioning things such as fluid, blood, and smoke

End of adapter is passed of to the nurse to plug into canister.

Question 25

Suction Tips

Answer 25

Attached to suction tubing to aid in removing fluid from a wound

Variety in sizes and shapes to adapt to cavities and tissues

Question 26

3-way Stopcock

Answer 26

Connector between 2 types of tubing and a syringe for measuring fluid amounts

Moveable valve shuts off 1 port at a time

Question 27

Sterile Surgical Towels

Answer 27

Comes in a pack of 2-4

Can be disposable and non-disposable forms

NOT radiopaque and cannot be used in patient unless they have a radiopaque band sewn to them