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Trauma Shears | cutting | Non-sterile

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Ear Curette | Cutting | Non-Sterile

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Retractor | Retracting (Usually the skin and other tissue) | Sterile

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Pinwheel | Diagnostic | Non-Sterile

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Scalpel | Cutting | sterile

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Tongue Depressor | Dilating & Probing | Non-Sterile

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Otoscope (aw-toe-scope) w/ speculum (black nozzle things) | Diagnostic | Non-sterile (speculum must be replaced after use)

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Alice Tissue Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | Sterile

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Uterine Dressing Forcep | Grasping & Clamping || sterile

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Laryngeal Mirror (ler-in-gee-uhl) | Diagnosing | Non-Sterile

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Uterine Curette | Cutting | Sterile

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“Mosquito” Hemostatic Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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Nasal Speculum | Dilating & Probing | Non-Sterile

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Suture scissors | cutting | sterile

Nylon sutures - Top sutures (superficial) and removable (leave a tail when cutting these threads)

Prolene - Top surtures (superficial, thicker) removable (leave a tail when cutting)

Vicryl - stiches below skin, dissolvable (cut at the knot)

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Uterine Tenaculum |Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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Anoscope | Dilating & Probing | Non-sterile (plastic disposables)

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Sponge forceps | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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Kelly Hemostatic Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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Tuning Fork | Diagnostic | Non-sterile

<p><strong>Tuning Fork </strong>| Diagnostic | <span style="color: red">Non-sterile</span></p>

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Cutting | sterile

Punch Biopsy tool | cutting | sterile |

Average sizes for procedures are 1.5-8 mm

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Sphygmomanometer (sfig-mow-me-nah-meh-ter) and BP cuff | Diagnostic | Non-sterile

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Oschner Forceps | Grasping & clamping | sterile

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Iris scissors | cutting | sterile

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Alligator forceps | grasping & clamping | sterile

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Reflex Hammer | Diagnostic | non-sterile

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Towel clamp | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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Ophthalmoscope (Op-thall-muh-scope) | Diagnosing | non-sterile

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Stethoscope | Diagnosing | Non-sterile

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Pean Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | Sterile

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Needle Driver | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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Thumb Dressing | Clamping & Grasping | Sterile

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Thumb Tissue forceps (teeth at the tip) | Grasping & clamping | sterile

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Vaginal Speculum | Dilating & Probing | Non-sterile

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Suture removal scissors | cutting | sterile

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Bandage scissors | Cutting | Sterile

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