Radiopaque Gauze Sponges
Raytec · Ray-Tec · X-Ray Detectable Sponges · 4 x 4 Sponges · 4x4s · Gauze Sponges · Gauze Swabs · Gauze Compresses
Folded squares of soft white cotton gauze, usually 4 x 4 inches, with a blue radiopaqueray-dee-oh-PAYKBlocking x-rays, so the material shows up white on an x-ray image.radi/o radiation, x-rayopaque not letting throughFull entry thread woven in. They come banded in packs of ten.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
absorptionub-ZORP-shunThe taking in of a substance, such as a drug or a nutrient, into the bloodstream.Full entry blood and fluid at the field in small-incision and minor cases, and are folded onto sponge forcepsFOR-sepsA hand instrument with two blades or arms used to grasp, hold or pull tissue or objects.Full entry to make sponge sticks for blotting and retracting deep in a wound. They are counted on most procedures.
Lengths and variants
Common sizes are 4 x 4 inches and 4 x 8 inches in 12 or 16 ply. laparotomylap-uh-ROT-uh-meeSurgery that opens the abdomen through a large cut to reach the organs inside.lapar/o abdomen-tomy cutting intoFull entry sponges (larger), tonsilTON-sulOne of the masses of lymph tissue at the back of the throat that help fight germs entering the mouth and nose.Full entry sponges, Kitner and peanut sponges and neuro patties are separate items.
What experienced techs know
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- Association of Surgical Technologists. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. Chapter 10 (Instrumentation, Equipment, and Supplies), p. 281-282
- relinkonline.com
- relinkonline.com
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