How to Care for your Surgical Instruments During Plastic Surgery
How to Care for your Surgical Instruments During Plastic Surgery
Every surgeon will tell you that new surgical instruments feel alot different. New instruments, especially surgical scissors, feel flawless and ratcheted surgical instruments can feel rough and tight. Surgical instruments soften with use and processing and as they get older they feel harder and stiffer. With proper care and use, they can go a long ways. Its crutial to point out, however the highest grade medical instruments will feel stiff and will stain. New instruments tend to be more magnetic in the box locks, serrations and ratchets due to the manufacturing process transferring the magnetism. This magnetism gradually wears off and this is one of the reasons why newer surgical instrument sets ussualy gets stained more rapidly.
Enemies of Surgical Instruments: - Blood drying on the surgical instruments - Leaving instruments in to set in water - Leaving your surgical instrument to soak in saline - Any and all long-term soaking will damage surgical instruments - Closed ratchet sterilization of your surgical instruments - Using the instrument in a incorrect manner - incorrect handling of the surgical instrument - The use of improper cleaning solutions and lubricants - Allowing water to dry onto instruments
Post Operative Care of plastic surgery instruments. Don't let blood dry onto these plastic surgery instruments. Begin the decontamination process immediately within 10-20 minutes after the case. To prevent blood from drying onto the surgical instrument, grap a towel that is saturated by tap water and lay it over the bloody, contaminated instruments. The use of spray-on moisturizers is also a very efficient way to avoid the blood from drying, along with the use of enzymatic solutions.