Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Surgical Accessories

These days, most people are on the go, even they do not have sufficient time to take care of themselves. At last, in one way or the other all would end up in a health risk. The reasons that affect one's health can be due to many reasons like accidents, cancer, genetic diseases or any other infections. But, certain ailments among these require surgical correction (especially a customized surgery) in order to restore the patient to their proper state of health and to prevent further damage. Where, the pain of the patients could be relieved only once they have been treated with surgery.

There are many state-of-the-art surgical accessories available that meet the surgical team's needs in a hospital. Some of the surgical supplies are drape, battery pack, bags, anesthesia, body blankets, skin stapler, battery, head cover, breathing tube, thermometer, isolation drape, wire lead set, respirator kit, fit test, scrubs, pumps, and so on. These surgical accessories would act as a support system that would be most useful in helping patients by providing comfort during surgery; as well for the surgery team to accomplish their duty of performing surgery. Each accessory has its own unique characteristic role while performing surgery.

Some significant features of surgical accessories:
  • Drape: mainly used for the ophtalamic procedure, i.e., specially meant for the corneal surgery.
  • Battery pack: battery packs are essential for surgical headlights and it is always suggested to use the battery packs that give longest life, where the illumination intensity is controlled using up and down arrow.
  • Bags: these flexible surgical bags have been used for enclosing a body organ; as well it does prevent injury and contamination to the enclosed body organ.
  • Body Blankets: this would act as body temperature controlling system, and is very essential to maintain the desired body temperature.
  • Skin Stapler: skin staplers are ideally used for the wound closure, thus in turn reduces tissue damage and scarring. These have been sterilized for safe operation and are compliant with industry set parameters.
  • Thermometer: these thermometers are highly versatile, accurate and ideally used to measure the core body temperature; these are fast and provide precise readings.
  • Wire lead set: these have been specially designed to reduce the hook-up time to patients' cables, and would stay even during the transfer of patient.
  • Fit test kit: this has been specially designed and has the features to meet the testing requirement for respirator. Pumps: suction pumps are very essential and are used before and after surgery in order to remove the surgical fluids, tissues, body fluids and gases from patients.
  • Now you have understood what the level of surgical accessories use has risen to a level i.e., as absolute necessities during surgery.

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