C-Arm Drape
C-Arm Cover · Fluoroscopy Drape · Image Intensifier Drape · C-Arm Drape Kit · Mobile X-Ray Drape
A sterile cover of clear plastic (polyethylene) sized to fit over the C-arm. Kits often have one drape for the image intensifier and one for the X-ray tube end, with elastic, a rubber band or clips to hold them snug, and some add a footswitch cover.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Covers the C-arm so it can come over or near the sterile fieldSTAIR-ul feeldAn area set up with sterile drapes and supplies, kept free of all germs, for a sterile procedure.Full entry during cases that use fluoroscopyfloo-ROS-kuh-peeAn x-ray method that shows moving pictures of the inside of the body in real time.fluor/o glowing (from the fluorescent screen)-scopy looking, viewingFull entry , such as fracture fixation, intramedullary nailing and cholangiograms. The scrub person drapes the C-arm when it is used. If a large barrier (isolation) drape is used instead, the C-arm can be brought in without its own drape.
Lengths and variants
Made to fit full-size and mini C-arms; some are cut for specific makers' models. The pictured TIDI kit has five clips, two 36 x 36 inch drapes and a footswitch cover. A long drape covers the whole C-arm, about 41 x 74 to 41 x 125 inches.
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