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Grasping delicate tissues
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Grasping, holding tissue
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| Brown-Adson thumb forceps |
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grasping, holding tissue
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atraumatic, grasping, holding tissue
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| Halsted/Halstead mosquito hemostatic forcep |
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provide hemostasis for small vessels
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provide hemostasis (teeth run length of jaws)
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provide hemostasis (teeth run half the length of jaws)
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Rochester-Carmalt hemostatic forceps
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Clamp across tissues containing vessels
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| Right angle (Mixter) hemostatic forceps |
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provide hemostasis, hold tissue (blunt dissection)
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| Kocher hemostatic forceps |
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provide hemostasis, hold tissue (teeth at tip)
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Clamp, crush large tissues
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Clamp delicate tissue
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Grasping tissue or applying traction (hold bone)
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holding surgical sponges (4x4's)
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| babcock intestinal forceps |
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atraumatic hold of viscera
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grasping tissue or applying traction
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| 4 methods of sterilization |
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Gas sterilization
Liquid chemical sterilization
Steam sterilization
Sterrad |
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| considerations for loading the autoclave |
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| stack upright, pack loosely, tip bowls |
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| how does the sterrad work? |
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| what type of sterilization is chemical indicator tape used for? what are the disadvantages? |
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| gas or steam, does not indicate length of exposure |
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| nonpathogenic spores impregnated on paper - cultured after autoclave |
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| properties of an ideal wrap |
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selective permeability
resistance
flexibility
memory
cost effective |
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| advantages and disadvantages of linen |
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| more resistant to rips and tears - flexible/memory - initially expensive but reuseable |
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| advantages/disadantages of paper/crepe |
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| cut to any size, not reusable, economical |
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| 30 days, 1 year if dust cover added |
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| any material that holds tissues together until they heal |
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| properties of the ideal suture |
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| easy to handle, non reactive to tissues, holds securely when tied, noncapillary, economical, absorbs after tissue heals |
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| appose wound edges, ligate vessels, stabilize joints |
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“Average” SA surgery sizes
“Average” LA skin (equine)
“Average” LA skin (Bovine) |
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| advantages/disadvantages of monofilament |
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| create less drag through tissue, don't have interstitial spaces that harbor bacteria, poor knot holding |
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| advantages/disadvantages of multifilament |
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| generally more pliable and flexible and they hold knots well, but they have interstitial spaces that may harbor bacteria |
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| when is it appropriate to use absorbable sutures? |
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| when they must be buried in the body cavity |
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| straight needles are driven by _____________ while curved needles are driven by ___________ |
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| a taper or round point is used for |
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| a cutting point is used for |
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| tough tissues such as skin |
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| minimal exposure time and temperature for gas sterilization |
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120-150F, 3-6 hrs
24 hr aeration time |
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| what is cold sterilization>? |
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| immersion in a chemical solution |
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| minimal exposure time and temperature for autoclaving of a surgical pack? |
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| shelf life of an item packaged in plastic/paper peel pouch |
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| event related, not time related |
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| shelf life of an item packaged in linen |
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| shelf life of an item packaged in linen with a dust cover on it |
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| term used to describe a suture attachment that is threaded through an eye of a needle |
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| term used to describe an eyeless needle in which the suture material is directly attached to the needle by the manufacturer |
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| name 2 common natural absorbable suture materials |
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| chromic gut, surgical gut |
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| name 2 common synthetic absorbable suture materials |
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| Natural absorbable suture is broken down by _____. Synthetic is broken down by_______ |
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| name 2 natural nonabsorbable suture material |
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| name 2 synthetic, nonabsorbable suture materials. |
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