Minor Surgical Instruments

Trauma Shears | cutting | Non-sterile

Ear Curette | Cutting | Non-Sterile

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

Pinwheel | Diagnostic | Non-Sterile

Scalpel | Cutting | sterile

Tongue Depressor | Dilating & Probing | Non-Sterile

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

Alice Tissue Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | Sterile

Uterine Dressing Forcep | Grasping & Clamping || sterile

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

Uterine Curette | Cutting | Sterile

“Mosquito” Hemostatic Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

Nasal Speculum | Dilating & Probing | Non-Sterile

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)

Uterine Tenaculum |Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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

Sponge forceps | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

Kelly Hemostatic Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

Tuning Fork | Diagnostic | Non-sterile

Cutting | sterile

Punch Biopsy tool | cutting | sterile |

Average sizes for procedures are 1.5-8 mm

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

Oschner Forceps | Grasping & clamping | sterile

Iris scissors | cutting | sterile

Alligator forceps | grasping & clamping | sterile

Reflex Hammer | Diagnostic | non-sterile

Towel clamp | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

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

Stethoscope | Diagnosing | Non-sterile

Pean Forceps | Grasping & Clamping | Sterile

Needle Driver | Grasping & Clamping | sterile

Thumb Dressing | Clamping & Grasping | Sterile

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

Vaginal Speculum | Dilating & Probing | Non-sterile

Suture removal scissors | cutting | sterile

Bandage scissors | Cutting | Sterile