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UNIT 6 STERILE PROCEDURES
A central sterile supply department is provided in most modern hospitals. The basic equipment
for sterile procedures is obtained in sterile packs from the C.S.S.D. Disposable equipment is often
contained in these packs, and, after use, is discarded. Non-disposable equipment is sent back to the
C.S.S.D for re-sterilization.
The following items are normally included in the basic dressing pack: four cotton wool swabs,
two dressing towels, four pieces of folded gauze and two gallipots. Sometimes the necessary
surgical instruments are included in the dressing pack, sometimes they are supplied in separate
packs. A pair of scissors and four pairs of plain dressing forceps or dissecting forceps are generally
needed forward dressings.
Plain dissecting forceps Scissors
The dressing trolley and how it is prepared
The trolley is washed with
soap and water or mopped
with an antiseptic such as
Sudol. It is then dried. The
sterile equipment is put on
the top shelf, and the unsterile
equipment is put on the
bottom shelf
Top shelf
Sterile pack or bowl containing dressings
Sterile gallipots
Sterile pack or box containing instruments
Jar or cylinder containing instrument handling forceps
Gallipot
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