The rinsing and soaking of stainless steel medical instruments with saline may destroy the surgical instruments. The vast majority of medical instrument companies state in their warranties, "the soaking/use of saline will disabled the warranty". You should only use saline as directed, but try your best to eliminate all contact with your surgical equipment.
Bariatric Surgical Instruments - When it comes to Bariatric Instruments the handling, inspection and care is the same. Key points of inspection include the jaws and the box lock area. The only significant difference pertaining to Bariatric Instruments is the overall length of the surgical instruments.
Instrument Stringers allow for: - proper Care and handling of surgical instruments - Quicker set-up of sterile field - Ratchets to stay open during sterilization - More efficient organization of the tray assembly process
Instruments stingers have differnt widths and lengths. The most common width is 2.5inches with the most common length being ten inches. There are different closure systems to choose from and you select the size.
Repair tags for surgical instruments The use of repair tags facilitates precise communication between the operating room and the sterile processing department. Placing three to five new repair tags in each set prior to sterilization allows the tags to be available on the sterile field. Once a dull or damaged forceps or surgical instrument is found during the process, a sterile repair tags can then be placed on the surgical instrument. This system precisely finds the defective medical instrument and prevents unnecessary repairs on your surgical instruments