HOW TO HANDLE INSTRUMENTS
Needle Drivers
Forceps
like a pencil
thumb 2
ring finger
RIGHT
WRONG
RIGHT
causes more
damage &
bruising
RIGHT
RIGHT
Loading the Needle
1/3 from the top
OR
too close
2/3 from the bottom
to the top
tip of needle drivers
RIGHT
WRONG
Loading the Scalpel Blade
Dopen the scalpel packet by 2 grip the blade w/ forceps
3 hold handle in non-dominant 5 slide the blade until
peeling the flaps apart
* avoid contact W/ cutting
hand w/ bayonet (groove)
H clicks into position
* only drop on a Sterile drape
edge
fitting up
III
* check that the diagonal lines
on the handle & end of blade
are parallel
4 push the hip of the handle into
the note in the blade slide the handle
forward to FH the blade into the groove
