Sterile tech 1 Flashcards
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Suture
A term for materials used to bring severed body tissue together and hold in place for healing
Natural Suture
Suture made from a living thing
Synthetic Suture
Man made suture
Absorbent Sutrue
Suture capable of being broken down by body enzymes
Plain suture
Suture not treated for delayed absorbtion
Chromic Suture
Suture treated with a chemicle for delayed absorbsion
Non-Absorbable suture
Suture under normal circumstances not capable of being broken down by body enzymes
Monofilament suture
Suture made from one strand of material, slippery, less likley to see bacterial infections
Multifilament Suture
Suture made of many braided starnds, more likley to see bacterial infections
Capillary
Ability of a strand of suture to wick liquids
Non-Capilary
Inability of a strand of suture to wick liquids
Memory
Ability of a strand of suture to remember what the operator wants the suture to do
Ligature
A strand of suture amterial to ligate blood vessels or to issolate a mass of tissue to be excissed
Surgical gut
Suture made form intestines, usually sheep
Approximation
Bringing together of tissue edges
Primary Suture Line
Line of sutures that approximate the edges of an incision
Stay Suture
Heavy non-absorbable suture placed through tissue on each side and a short sidtance from the primary suture line to relieve tension
Tensile Strength
Amount of pull or weight neccessary to break suture
Guage
Diameter of suture material
Aught
Zero
Vicryl (Brand)/Polyglactin 910 (Generic)
Synthetic, multifilament, absorbs in 56-70 days
Dexon (Brand)/Polyglycolic Acid (Generic)
Synthetic, multifilament, absorbs in 90-120 days
PDS (Brand)/Polydioxanone (Generic)
Synthetic, Monofiliament,absorbs in180 days
Maxon (Brand)/Polyglyconate (Generic)
Synthetic, monofilament, absorbs in 180 days
