Surgical Instrument Tip Protectors

To protect valuable surgical equipment its best to use tip protectors, scopes and forceps from being scratched. Many times the damage to an instrument from not using tip protectors is not repairable, thus making it necessary to replace the surgical instrument. There's 2 different types of vent protectors vented (with holes) and non-vented (without holes). most indivuals prefer to use vented tip protectors because they are safer to use and easier to remove from the medical instrument, This method also minimizes finger punctures. Also the use of the vented tip protectors it also improves exposure of the sterilant to the devices surface.


When to use tip protectors:
- Tips of pointed scissors
- Tips of sharp instruments
- Skin hooks
- Distal tip on rigid scopes
- Cutting edges of osteotomes
Surgical Instrument Protection Cases:
The use of metal sterilization/storage cases for specific medical instruments has several valuable benefits:
- Keeps all your surgery equipment organized
- Reduces the opportunity for loosing a certain sized instrument
- Protects the cutting edges of the instruments
- Decreases the number of times your surgical instruments need to be sharpened
- Gives an organized fashion in the sterile field


Medical Instrument Marking Tape Application
1) Cleanse your fingers with alcohol to remove oils, grease and dirt
2) Wipe tape site with alcohol to remove any lubricant
3) You should apply firm tension to the tape and the length should only be around 1 - 1
4) After tape is applied on the autoclave instruments. The bonding of the tape will automatically happend with the tape.
5) Tape the shanks of all surgical instruments, Avoid instruments rings. It wont be a big deal if you wrap your tape two times around the closing of the tips of scissors.