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Specimen Sock

Tissue Collection Bag · Gauze tissue bag · Tissue bag · Tissue sock · Suction specimen sock

A tube-shaped bag of white cloth or gauze, closed at the bottom, fixed to a plastic port at the top. The port fits the inlet inside a suction collection bottle or canister.

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  • What it’s for

    Catches tissue during suction curettage (suction D&C). It is attached inside the collection bottle so the uterine contents are trapped in the bag while fluid passes through. The bag with its contents is sent to pathologypuh-THOL-uh-jeeThe study of disease and its causes and effects, or the disease changes found in a person or tissue.path/o disease-logy study ofFull entry as the specimen.

  • Lengths and variants

    Medline's standard specimen sock is 9 inches (23 cm) long; standard and large ports exist.

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  1. Goldman MA. Pocket Guide to the Operating Room. 3rd ed. Chapter 18 (Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery), p. 286
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