Ch 39 Surgical Equip and Supplies Flash Cards

Needle holders and thumb forceps are found in this category

Grasping and holding

A hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel, organ, or cavity of the body to withdraw or instill fluid

Cannula

Rows of tiny teeth found on the jaws of instruments

Serrations

Process of killing pathogenic organisms or rendering them inactive

Disinfection

The use of practices to eliminate all microorganisms

Surgical asepsis

The recommended method for cleaning sharp instruments

An ultrasonic cleaner

To cut or separate tissue with a cutting instrument

Dissect

Cleaning process that removes material and reduces the number of microorganisms

Sanitization

Process that kills all microorganisms

Sterilization

This instrument tip has a groove or hook to slide under sutures

Suture scissors

Free from infection or infectious material

Asepsis

The recommended temperature for sterilization in an autoclave

250 degrees F

A metal probe that is inserted and used for cleaning purposes or to facilitate passage into a body orifice

Stylus

Sponge forceps and tissue forceps are in this category

Grasping and holding

A metal rod with a smooth, rounded tip that is placed in hollow instruments to reduce injury to body tissues during insertion

Obturator

A wound produced by the tearing of soft body tissue

Laceration

The margins or edges of the wound fit neatly together

Well approximated

Instrument with a fine tip for retrieval of foreign objects

Splinter forceps

Solution used to preserve excised tissue

Formalin

Instruments with very sharp hooks and are used to hold surgical material in place

Towel clamps

Largest hemostat forceps

Kelly forceps

An area free of microorganisms that is used in a surgical procedure to reduce the risk of infection

Sterile field

An agent that causes partial or complete loss of sensation

Anesthetic

Not permitting penetration

Impervious

A thick-walled, dormant form of bacteria that is very resistant to disinfection measures

Spore

Capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue

Caustic

Contraction of the muscles, causing narrowing of the inside tube of the vessel

Vasoconstriction