Sutures, Sharps, & Instruments - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Milk the site, go to the sink and wash with soap and water, follow the protocol, provide a number for notification of results within 3 hours, complete an incident report.
   Process for needle stick
2. An armband must be applied, counts must be verified by a CST, Nurse, and the Surgeon, and this should be documented.
   Process for leaving packing items in pt
3. Sizes range from #7 (largest) to 11-0 (smallest). 0 to 4-0 are the most common use in surgery
   Suture sizes (Diameter)
4. X-Ray images taken for a missing item but be simultaneously read by which two individuals?
   Attending and Radiologist
5. An 8-pack of sutures is often referred to as _____. Used for interrupted sutures.
   Pop-Off
6. Wave this device over the patient before the last sitch is placed in the patient
   Situate Scan
7. Used to hold back wound edges, structures or tissue to provide exposure of the operative site
   Retractors
8. Should be completed before incision, closing a cavity within a cavity, wound closure, skin closure, and permanent relief
   Counts
9. The physical characteristic of this specific suture is braided
   Multi- filament
10. Taper, Cut, and Reverse Cut are three different ________.
    Points of Surgical Needles
11. Suture used for closure of the sternum
    Stainless Steel
12. Type of item that can be packed in a surgical wound?
    RFID
13. A predetermined designated area (determined by the surgeon and the surgical scrub tech) used to pass off instruments. Aims to minimize the risk of percutaneous injury.
    Neutral Zone
14. When cared for correctly, surgical instruments can last for ________.
    10 Years or More
15. This should be used to clean instruments at the point of use instead of saline which can cause pitting
    Sterile Water
16. Flat edges, used for holding/positioning equipment on the drape without breaking sterile field
    Non-Penetrating Towel Clamps
17. Counts must be completed by two individuals who are ____?
    Licensed
18. How many pieces make up a Poole Suction?
    Two
19. Color of PDS box
    Grey
20. Color of Vicryl Box
    Purple