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Common instruments used in the medical office - image practice included

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Towel Forcep (Backhaus)   Grasps towels, dressing, drapes  
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Needle Holder (Collier)   Grasp suture needle  
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Thumb forcep (Adson)   Picks up delicate tissue  
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Knife handle   Accepts scalpel blade  
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Straight S/S scissors (Deaver)   Cut tissue and suture  
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Thumb or dressing forcep   Picks up dressings or delicate tissue  
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Scalpel Blades (identify # of blade eg. 11, 15 etc)   Cut tissue  
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Bayonet Forcep (Cushing)   Close skin, apply or remove packing  
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Curved S/B (Deaver)   Cut tissue and suture  
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Bandage Scissor,(Lester)   Cut dressings, tape  
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Towel Forcep (Jones)   Grasps towels, dressing, drapes  
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Curved, B/B scissor (Sistrunk)   Cut tissue and suture  
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Tissue thumb forcep   Grasps tissue for control during dissecting or suturing  
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Bandage Scissors (Knowles)   Cut dressings, tape  
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Suture Removal Scissors (Spencer)   Cut suture  
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Needle Holder (Brown)   Grasps suture needle  
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Stitch/Suture Removal Scissors ( Littauer)   Cut suture  
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Hemostat (petit-point or mosquito)curved   Grasp tissue to hold, clamp, or pull  
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Splinter Forceps   Remove splinters or other FB  
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Sponge Forceps (Forrester)   Pick up land hold dressings  
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Tissue or dressing forcep (Semken)   Pick up dressings  
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Tissue Forceps(Judd-Allis)   Grasp tissue  
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Kelly Hemostat   Serrations stop partway  
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Crile Hemostat   Serrations extend all the way  
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Used to dilate the cervix of the uterus   Uterine dilator - start small and gradually increase in size  
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Curette   has sharp cutting edge to scrape away tissue  
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Uterine sound   Used to probe the uterus to determine position and depth. Has rounded tip to avoid perforation.  
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Biopsy punch   Used for skin lesion biopsy - comes in various sizes (mm) and may be disposable  
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Iris operating scissors   Small, sharp-sharp for fine cutting of tissue  
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Anoscope   Instrument to view the rectum and anus - has removable obturator to make insertion less uncomfortable  
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Alligator forcep   Has small working part that operates from handle.  
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