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LAT Certification
Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are thumb forceps? | Tweezer-like instruments that have two jaws and spring handles; jaws close when pressured applied; used for compressing, securing or grasping tissue or dressings |
| What are dressing forceps? | Thumb forceps that have a smoothly serrated tip, with low ridges |
| What are tissue forceps? | Thumb forceps that have articulated teeth at the blade tip to grasp tissues more securely |
| What are hemostatic forceps? | Or Hemostats, designed to clamp onto bleeding tissue containing a severed vessel |
| What are needle holders? | Secure the needles used to suture tissues closed, and used for knot tying |
| How are surgical needles described? | By the shape of the shaft (curvature) and the point type of the tip |
| What are common needle types? | Tapered, conventional cutting, reverse cutting, taper cutting |
| What are tapered needles used for? | Penetrating soft tissues offering no resistance to the needle; have a smooth shaft that ends in a sharp point at the tip |
| What are conventional cutting needles used for? | Typically used for skin sutures; triangular shape from the tip to one third of its curvature, triangle's apex is on the inner curvature |
| What is the shape of a reverse cutting needle? | Triangulr shape from the tip to one third of its curvature, the triangle's apex is on the outer curvature |
| What is the shape of taper cutting needle? | Combines reverse cutting edges at the tip of a tapered needle |
| What is it called when suture material is already attached to a needle? | Swaged-on; that end of the needle is called the swage |
| What is a scalpel? | Rigid cutting instrument for incising or puncturing tissue |
| How are scissors classified? | By the blade tips |
| What are some types of blades? | Blunt-blunt, blunt-sharp, sharp-sharp |
| What are retractors used for? | Increasing the exposure of a surgical site, may be used to apply stretching or pulling force |
| What characteristics are used to classify suture material? | Material, absorbability, filament type |
| How are sutures sized? | By their diameter, numbers 1-6 denote progressively thicker sutures |
| How does an ultrasonic cleaner work? | By converting high-frequency sound waves into mechanical vibrations within a formulated detergent solution to remove residual debris from instruments |
| What are some ways surgical materials can be sterilized? | Autoclave, ethylene oxide gas, hydrogen peroxide plasma, dry heat or liquid sterilants |
| What is a glass bead sterilizer? | A small unit for resterilizing a few instruments (metal only)) in high through-put surgeries in rodents; utilizes dry heat sterilization |
| What are some common liquid sterilizing agents? | Peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, glutaraldehyde, orthopthalaldehyde |
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CarrieAngeles
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