Pharmacology and the Nursing Process
7th EditionJulie S Snyder, Linda Lilley, Shelly Collins
382 solutions
Clinical Reasoning Cases in Nursing
7th EditionJulie S Snyder, Mariann M Harding
2,512 solutions
The Human Body in Health and Disease
7th EditionGary A. Thibodeau, Kevin T. Patton
1,505 solutions
Medical Language for Modern Health Care
4th EditionDavid M Allan, Rachel Basco
2,732 solutions
Recommended textbook solutions
The Human Body in Health and Disease
7th EditionGary A. Thibodeau, Kevin T. Patton
1,505 solutions
Clinical Reasoning Cases in Nursing
7th EditionJulie S Snyder, Mariann M Harding
2,512 solutions
Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Procedures
7th EditionKathryn A Booth, Leesa Whicker, Sandra Moaney Wright, Terri D Wyman
1,020 solutions
Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Procedures
7th EditionKathryn A Booth, Leesa Whicker, Terri D Wyman
1,020 solutions
Recommended textbook solutionsChemical Reaction Engineering
3rd EditionOctave Levenspiel
228 solutions
Chemistry for Engineering Students
2nd EditionLawrence S. Brown, Thomas A. Holme
945 solutions
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
10th EditionErwin Kreyszig
4,134 solutions
Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer
7th EditionAdrienne S Lavine, David P. Dewitt, Frank P. Incropera, Theodore L. Bergman
1,506 solutions
A surgical instrument is a tool or device designed to perform a specific function, such as cutting, dissecting, grasping, holding, retracting, or suturing. Surgical instruments may be curved, straight, sharp, blunt, serrated, toothed, or smooth. Many are made of stainless steel and are reusable; others are disposable.
Forceps are surgical instruments used to grasp, handle, compress, pull, or join tissue, equipment, or supplies. All forceps are available in many sizes, with or without serrations or teeth, with curved or straight blades, and with ring tips, blunt tips, or sharp tips. Many have ratchets in the handles to hold the tips tightly together; these are notched mechanisms that click into position to maintain tension. You should study the names and purposes of each type of forceps to assist the physician when a specific instrument is required.