Safe Paediatric Male Circumcision Simulator/Module 2: Simulator build

This page is part of the Safe Paediatric Male Circumcision Simulator module.

The materials required for the simulator should be assembled from the onset. These include:

1. A strawboard or hard cardboard.
2. Pre-cut cardboard in the form of a baby’s trunk and groin.
3. Marker.
4. Regular scissors.
5. Feeding bottle nipple and ring. A regular feeding bottle with the usual narrow base be used.
6. Adhesive Glue.
7. Plasticine or soft clay.
8. A soft narrow straw.
9. A tray to keep the surgical instruments.
10. Small sized curved and straight hemostats - two of each.
11. One dissecting scissors.
12. One toothed dissecting forceps.
13. Needle driver.
14. Plastibells - one of each size 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 cm sizes.
15. 2mls Syringes and 23G needle.
16. 2% plain lidocaine.
17. Water for injection.
18. Sterile gauze.
19. 4 pieces of latex gloves.
20. 4/0 sutures- cheap ones such as silk.
21. Drape.
22. Non-adherent Vaseline gauze.
23. An adhesive Plaster.

The video below shows the materials required and the steps of building the simulator: