Instruments
• 10
to 12 mm diameter laparoscope straight and 30° with small endo camera.
• Xenon
or halide cold light source.
• Carbon
dioxide gas and high-flow insufflator.
• Electrosurgical
unit.
• Suction
saline irrigation system.
• Veress
needle.
• Large
access Trocor and Cannula 10 to 12 mm.
• Laparoscope.
• Ramplays
sponge holders, 2.
• Towel
clips, 4.
• Scalpel
handle + blades, 1.
• Artery
forceps, 2.
• Dissecting
forceps, 1.
• Drapes.
• Forceps.
• Retractors.
• Scissors.
• Dissectors.
• Hooks.
• Clip.
• Staples.
• Diathermy
instruments for cutting and coagulation.
STERILIZATION
Endoscopes
Those endoscopes that enter body
cavities through trochar openings need to be sterilized using steam if possible
or ethylene oxide, peracetic acid, gas plasma sterilization. Instruments that
come in contact with mucosa can be disinfected at a level using glutaraldehyde
0.2 percent for 45 minutes.
Websites
1. American
Society Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). http/www.arge.org
2. Society
of Gastrointestinal Nurse and Associates (SGNA). http/www.sgna.org
3. Laproscopy.http/www.laproscopy.com
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