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Sterile Towels

O.R. Towels · OR Towels · Surgical Towels · Huck Towels

Absorbent cotton towels, usually blue, about 17 x 26 inches. They come folded in sterile packs of two or more.

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  • What it’s for

    Four towels are placed around the incision to square off the site before an incise drape or the main drape goes on. In obstetric cases they are pulled to wrap and hold the baby (for example in a breech presentationBREECH prez-en-TAY-shunA position of the fetus in which the buttocks or feet, instead of the head, are lowest in the uterus.Full entry delivery), and a warm, moist sterile towel is used to compress an inverted uterus until it is replaced.

  • Lengths and variants

    Common size 17 x 26 inches; packs of 2, 4 or 12 and more. Prewashed cotton, low lint.

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3 sources
  1. Frey KB, Ross T (AST). Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. Chapter 10 (Instrumentation, Equipment, and Supplies), p. 280
  2. World Health Organization. Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2nd ed. 2017, p. P-49 (Breech birth) and p. P-109 (Correcting uterine inversion)
  3. duraprohealth.com

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