Back Table
Instrument Table · Second Back Table · Separate Back Table
A large stainless steel table on wheels, usually with a lower shelf. Before surgery it is covered with a sterile drape and the sterile instruments and supplies are opened onto it.
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What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Holds most of the sterile instruments and supplies for the case. It is usually the first sterile area the scrub sets up; instruments less likely to be used, extra instruments and one-time items stay on it while the Mayo standMAY-oh standA small tray on an adjustable stand placed over or beside the patient during surgery to hold the instruments used most often.Full entry holds what is in use. Some cases need a second draped back table: one for the baby at a cesareansih-ZAIR-ee-unRelating to the birth of a baby through a surgical cut in the mother's abdomen and uterus.Full entry , one for inspecting and packing a donor organ, or one for a separate phase of the case such as the perinealper-ih-NEE-ulHaving to do with the perineum, the area between the genitals and the anus.Full entry part of a colon resectionrih-SEK-shunSurgery to remove part of an organ or tissue.re- back, againsect to cut-ion processFull entry .
Lengths and variants
Several lengths and widths; smaller stainless tables are also used.
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4 sources
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 4 (Health Care Facility Structure and Environment), Key terms, p. 40
- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 12 (Surgical Case Management), Organizing the Back Table, p. 341
- Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 18 (Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery), p. 350
- somatechnology.com
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