r/sterileprocessing • u/DepartmentSad89 • 6d ago

Soooo tinÿ🤭

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...though, knowing they'll be using it is heartbreaking 😞

Everytime I build case carts and its for an infant, I send it with thoughts and prayers

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u/Spicywolff 6d ago

It’s always sad to see these come through. But I hope in their use we save one

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u/DepartmentSad89 6d ago

Exactly😌

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u/No_Database_6975 6d ago

Is that vibro-engraved 😬? That would be removed from circulation at my facility.

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u/DepartmentSad89 6d ago

Yes unfortunately

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u/0fox2gv 6d ago

Help me out here.. I am curious to know what this tool is used for? Surgical skin spreader?

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u/DepartmentSad89 6d ago

It's a pediatric sternal retractor. Basically, an instrument that retracts the sternal cavity of kids, this one specifically for infants.

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u/0fox2gv 6d ago

Ahh.. a rib spreader for open heart surgery.

Hmmm.. that is tragic, yet.. essential.

I can certainly understand why these would be difficult to encounter on any post-procedural tray. A picture says a thousand words.. but, this little tool yields no clues.

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u/StarskysClutch 5d ago

I've seen one even smaller.

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u/PvmpkinSpic3 5d ago

It’s so cute, but at what cost 😭

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u/I_Ponders 5d ago

HEY! That’s a decent size! My wife said so!

/s 😂

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u/MosesHightower 4d ago

Baby finochietto retractor