Question

A surgical technology student is completing rotation in the central sterile processing department. The student has been asked to assemble a dilatation and curettage (D&C) tray from the racks of sterilized instruments.

How will the student know what instruments this facility routinely puts in the D&C instrument tray?

Think about the different categories of instruments. Which categories would you put in this tray?

What specific instruments would you put in this tray?

Answer 1

D & c instruments:
-mayo scissors
-Mayo-Hegar N-holder 7"
-Army navy retractor set
-scalpel handle #3
-Crile forceps straight and curved 6 1/4"
-Dressing forceps 8"
-tissue forceps 1X2 teeth 8"
-Bozeman forceps double-curved 10"
-Jackson retractor small and medium blade
-Graves vaginal speculum large and medium
-Goodell dilator 13"
-Sims sound plain 12 1/2"
-sims curette sharp 11" #4
-Javerts forceps serrated jaws 9 1/2"
-Foerster sponge forceps curved serrated 9 1/2"
-Backtiaws towel clamp 5 1/4"
-Kevorkian-Younge endocervical curette w/basket 12"