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Scalpel handle |
Designed to hold the blades firmly during the surgical procedure. Most common is #3, will hold blades 10-19. Blade #10 is most common for spays and neuters. |
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Backhaus towel clamp |
Used to to secure sterile drapes to the patient. Available in 5.5" & 3.5" |
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Scissors - Mayo Dissecting |
Heavy scissors used to cut dense tissue |
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Scissors-metzenbaum dissecting |
Used for cutting delicate tissue such as fat |
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Iris scissors |
Small and delicate, specifically for eye surgery |
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Scissors - bandage |
Have a blunt point on one blade that aids in slipping under the bandage and cutting it without cutting the patient. (Lister bandage scissors) |
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Scissors-Littauer suture removal |
Used to cut all types of skin sutures except wire |
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Kelly and crile hemostatic forceps |
For controlling bleeding (hemostasis) in the surgical field. |
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What is the difference between Kelly and crile hemostatic forceps? |
Kelly's serrations don't go all the way |
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Mosquito hemostats |
Have small jaws with fine horizontal serrations that extend the entire length of the tip, generally used to clamp small vessels to stop bleeding. |
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Rochester-Carmalt hemostatic forceps |
Has horizontal serrations and vertical serrations on the tip of the jaw, giving a checkerboard appearance. *used to clamp large vessels or large tissue masses |
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Allis tissue forceps |
Fairly traumatic, used for grasping skin such ad the Linea alba or tissue being removed from a patient. |
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Mayo-Hegar Needle driver |
Commonly called needle holder |
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Olsen-Hegar needle driver |
Needle holders with a built in jaw for cutting suture. *2 functions |
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Adson Thumb Forceps |
For grasping tissue (Brown Adson has more teeth) |
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Rat Tooth Thumb Forceps |
Larger than Adson, for grasping tissue |
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Dressing Forceps |
For grasping without breaking sterility, NOT for stopping bleeding like hemostatic forceps |
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Snook's spay hook |
To exteriorize the uterus |
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Covault spay hook |
To exteriorize the uterus, has a small "button" on the tip of the hook |
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Machine that sterilizers surgical instruments |
Autoclave |
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What part of the scrubbed in personnel's gown are part of the sterile field? |
In front from the chest to the level of the sterile field |
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What direction do you pull the first corner when opening a surgical pack? |
Away from you |
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Sterile |
Absence of and continued protection against all microorganisms |
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Sterile field |
Any area with a sterile barrier |
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Asepsis |
Absence of pathogenic microorganisms |
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What is strike - through contamination? |
(When a piece of the sterile field becomes wet) when liquids soak through from a sterile area to a non-sterile area or liquids soak through from a non-sterile area to a sterile area |
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Chlorhexidine |
Disinfectant and antiseptic used for disinfecting the skin before a surgery, and to clean surgical instruments. (The stuff we scrub in with) |
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What is residual effect of chlorhexidine |
6 days |
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Why should scrub suits not be worn from home to the hospital? |
Could bring microorganisms to hospital |
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Why should scrub suits not be worn home from the hospital? |
Could infect our pets with something |
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What should the surgical nurse wear when leaving the surgery suite? |
Lab coat |
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What does endogenous mean? |
From the patient |
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What does exogenous mean? |
From the surgical team and/or surgical environment |
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What should a technician do before surgery? |
Eat a meal of substance, visit restroom, groom fingernails, avoid cologne and perfume, consume fluids |
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What are the types of surgical scrub? |
Chlorhexidine, Iodophor, alcohol, brushless rub |
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How do you determine where the animals umbilicus is? |
Take leg and drop it, will land on the umbilicus |
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When prepping a patient, what should you do if the gauze touches fur? |
Rotate and keep that part of the gauze on the outside |