Do scrub people at your O.R. use an emesis basin to pass sharps?

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Instead of handing sharps such as scalpels and suture to the surgeon, do scrub people at your O.R. use an emesis basin to pass sharps?

A bit OT: My late grandmother had one of those in her bathroom - full of bobby pins and hair curlers.

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I don't think she had any idea what hospitals really use those for.

Specializes in OR.

yes we do, for us it's a requirment.

Specializes in Operating Room.

I tried this once and all the docs looked at me like I had 3 heads.....

Specializes in Operating Room Nursing.

Yes it is the policy at my work (as well as ACORN standards) to hand scalpels in a kidney dish. We don't usually do this for sutures though.

Specializes in surgical, emergency.

Sharps, such as a knife, syringe/needle are passed by using a ScrubSafe at our hospital.

It's a small yellow plastic "V" shaped tray made by DeRoyal.

It really cut down on the number of sticks in our OR.

Some scrubs will occasionally use a metal kidney basin to pass sharps, but primarily we use the ScrubSafe.

I like it because it's yellow, easy to see, and it's nice and hard. Easy to hold, and I never worry about it bouncing off, dulling the blade or ripping through.

For a while, when we first started using them, when the docs got ahold of 'em, they would "fall off the field", sometimes fall 8-10 feet "off the field", sometimes against the wall. ;) :nono:

Anyway, we kept up, management supported us, we presented our point of view, and they now are on board!! :yeah:

Mike

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