Actually all the forceps and hemostats I get are throw aways...
They're not "stainless steel", they's all made in Pakastan... The
hospitals say it's cheeper to buy "new" suture kits, then to have all
the utensils sterilized and then packaged into new kits... I just
collected them as we used them, took them home, boiled them for 15
minutes then scrubbed them real good with a sterile betadine
scrubber... Did the same with all the blue cloth towels that come in
the kits, (as long as they didn't have blood on them)... They make
great camping, shop and hand towels... Unfortunately I don't work in
the hospital any longer...
Rodney...
On 7/16/05, Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >try slipping fine rubber tube onto the tips of hackle pliers,
> >forceps, tweesers etc, the kind you used to get {and still might
> >get) in bicycle tyre repair kits
> >iain
> >
> >Oh wow, what a fantastic idea... The forceps I have come from
> >hospital suture kits with one set of very fine point and a larger
> >rounded point..
>
> Gee, Rodney.
>
> If you're swiping the forceps from the hospital, grab a pair of
> rubber gloves while you're at it!
>
> Cut a sliver off a rubber glove, wrap it around your forceps points
> and tie it on. I also wrap rubber around the end of a Radio Shack
> test clips and call it "Hackle Pliers".
>
> Allan
> --
> Allan Fish
> Greenwood, IN
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
