Short Answer: Preference Card
What antibiotic will be used?
Bacitacin
What items will be available in the room, but not necessarily opened or used during the initial setup of the case?
Dressings, control syringe, head lamp, culture
The initial incision has been made and the surgeon asks for suction. Which suction will you pass to the surgeon?
Poole
When the circulator returns with the patient, you note that the patient is approximately 300 lbs. Which item will be opened due to this information?
3-0 Vicryl CT-1 for Sub-q
Once the appendix had been grasped with a Babcock, you note material seeping from a hole in the side of the appendix. You can now anticipate what the surgeon will need to close the skin. What will you ask for?
3-0 nylon
