Surgical Education Learners Forum/Perioperative Nursing/Suturing and Suture Removal/Instruments and Supplies

Gather these before you practise. The list comes from this module's developer worksheet.

Where we hold a photograph the item links to it. If something here is not used in this procedure, remove it, and if something is missing, add it.

• Sterile gloves
• Clean gloves (for selected suture removal situations per local protocol)
  • Non-sterile gloves
• Sterile drape or clean field setup materials
  • Sterile towel or small sterile field
• Sterile gauze
  • Gauze
• Cotton swabs/applicators
• Antiseptic solution (e.g., chlorhexidine or povidone-iodine)
  • Antiseptic solutions
• Normal saline or sterile water for wound cleaning
  • Sterile saline
• Sterile sutures (appropriate type and size, if suturing is included in the module scope)
• Needle holder
• Tissue forceps/toothed forceps
  • Toothed dissecting forceps
• Suture scissors or stitch cutter
  • Suture scissor
• Suture removal kit (scissors and forceps/pickups)
• Sterile dressing materials or adhesive strips
• Bandages or wound dressings
• Adhesive tape
• Local anaesthetic supplies if indicated (syringe, needle, anaesthetic agent)
• Sharps container
• Waste disposal bag/container
  • Waste receptacle
• PPE: surgical mask
  • Surgical masks
• PPE: protective eyewear or face shield
• Apron or gown if splash risk anticipated
  • Apron
• Adequate lighting source
• Documentation materials or patient chart