Anti-Fog Solution
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A small sterile bottle of clear anti-fog liquid, packed in a kit with a foam sponge (often adhesive-backed) for wiping it onto the lens.
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Keeps the laparoscope or endoscopeEN-duh-skohpA thin tube with a light and a camera that is passed into the body to look inside an organ or cavity.endo- within-scope instrument for viewingFull entry lens from fogging when the cool scope enters the warm body cavity, in laparoscopiclap-uh-roh-SKOP-ikDone through a few small cuts in the abdomen with a thin camera and long instruments, instead of one large opening.lapar/o abdomen-scopic viewingFull entry , robotic, sinusSY-nusA hollow space in the body, most often one of the air-filled spaces in the skull bones around the nose.Full entry and other endoscopicen-doh-SKOP-ikDone with an endoscope, a thin tube with a light and camera passed into the body.endo- within-scopic viewingFull entry cases. The scrub applies it to the lens before the scope goes in and again if the view clouds. It is also used on mirrors and bronchoscope lenses in airway cases.
Lengths and variants
Single-use sterile kits. A scope warmer filled with warm sterile water or saline is often used along with it or instead of it.
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 20 (Minimally Invasive Surgery), p. 438
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 21 (Robotic-Assisted Surgery), p. 460
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 14 (Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery), p. 429
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 8 (Surgical Modalities), p. 214
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 20 (Thoracic Surgery), p. 450
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 19 (Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery), p. 646
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