Supplies

Thermometers – small battery-operated  **

Adult Bathroom Scales – no battery

Multistix – test strips for urinalysis  **

Blood Pressure Cuffs – personal battery-operated

Laceration trays, sterile, disposable  **

Suture  -- sterile disposable packs; favor 3-0, 4-0 Vicryl  & 3-0,4-0, and 5-0

Monofilament Nylon;  FS-2 and P-3 or similar weight needles

Elastic bandages – 4” & 6”  **

Gauze dressing – Kling, Coban  - 2”, 4”, 6”  **

Towels (new or used) – medium hand towels for exam rooms

Soap, small hand soap cakes, hotel-size  **

Sheets – bed size for hospital beds and exam room tables; Used are fine

Anti-bacterial soaps and skin disinfectants – liquid; ex. Phisohex, Betadine  **

Adhesive tape – regular, paper, micropore; 1” and 3” rolls  **

Gauze dressings – sterile and non-sterile; 4X4” best size; 2X2 also OK; Tubgauz & applicator for fingers; Roller gauze;   (We go through gauze like crazy.)  **

Plaster cast material  --  4” & 6” splints; 2”, 4”, & 6” plaster rolls; **

Electric cast saw

Autoclave tape and packages – for steam sterilization  **

Splints, inflatable – large and small for leg and arm

Gloves, non-sterile exam gloves – medium & large  **

Gloves, sterile – sizes 6, 71/2, & 8.  **

Scrub brushes, small

Eye Patches – multi-patch boxes

Surgical Drapes – packed sterile – disposable are easiest and cleanest; Small paper Barriers & other disposable towels  **

Webril or other cotton roller material for casts; 2”, 4”, & 6”

Foley catheters  --  Catheter kits with cath, insertion materials, and bags; Sizes 14, 16, 18  **

Povidone Iodine  --  any preparation, any form  **

Sharps containers, small,med

Flashlights, inexpensive  **

Batteries, AA and D  **

Blankets, small flannel receiving blankets for newborns  **

Ball-point pens, inexpensive  **

Gowns, for hospital patients;  child and adult – short-sleeve, tie in back

X-ray developer and fixer  **

Pill dispenser trays for pharmacy – need 4

Milk powder, Carnation or other; canister-size containers

Cotton balls  **

Alcohol swabs, small sterile packets  **

 

** Ongoing supply needed due to regular use