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. 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
2. 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
3. Wave this device over the patient before the last sitch is placed in the patient
   Situate Scan
4. Color of Vicryl Box
   Purple
5. Type of item that can be packed in a surgical wound?
   RFID
6. Sizes range from #7 (largest) to 11-0 (smallest). 0 to 4-0 are the most common use in surgery
   Suture sizes (Diameter)
7. Flat edges, used for holding/positioning equipment on the drape without breaking sterile field
   Non-Penetrating Towel Clamps
8. Counts must be completed by two individuals who are ____?
   Licensed
9. X-Ray images taken for a missing item but be simultaneously read by which two individuals?
   Attending and Radiologist
10. Used to hold back wound edges, structures or tissue to provide exposure of the operative site
    Retractors
11. 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
12. The physical characteristic of this specific suture is braided
    Multi- filament
13. Should be completed before incision, closing a cavity within a cavity, wound closure, skin closure, and permanent relief
    Counts
14. Color of PDS box
    Grey
15. This should be used to clean instruments at the point of use instead of saline which can cause pitting
    Sterile Water
16. When cared for correctly, surgical instruments can last for ________.
    10 Years or More
17. An 8-pack of sutures is often referred to as _____. Used for interrupted sutures.
    Pop-Off
18. Taper, Cut, and Reverse Cut are three different ________.
    Points of Surgical Needles
19. Suture used for closure of the sternum
    Stainless Steel
20. How many pieces make up a Poole Suction?
    Two