What is the main purpose of staplers? a. To staple the nurses ...

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What is the main purpose of staplers?
 
  a. To staple the nurses paper work
  b. Close the end of a hollow or large organ.
  c. Hold a cavity open.
  d. Create a working space.

Question 2

A case cart system is used to gather and deliver sterile and nonsterile items needed for a particular surgical procedure.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Staplers are used as closure devices. There are many kinds of staplers on the market today, individualized for each body part. Terminal end staplers are designed for closing the end of a hollow or large organ such as the bowel or stomach.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: T
Case carts are loaded with items specified per surgeon and facility preference cards and are used at the end of the procedure to load contaminated instruments and supplies back to the decontamination area.