SUTURE: NAME THE PACKAGE COLOR
MICROORGANISMS
STARTS WITH AN “S”
NUMBERS
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
100

CHROMIC GUT

WHAT IS BROWN?

100

E. COLI NORMALLY RESIDES IN THE LUMEN OF THIS

WHAT ARE THE INTESTINES?

100

THIS PATHOGEN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS

WHAT IS STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS?

100

MAXIMUM ANGLE FOR ARMBOARDS

WHAT IS 90°?

100

PREFERRED TYPE OF SCOPE USED TO RETRIEVE A FOREIGN OBJECT

WHAT IS RIGID?

200

POLYESTER

WHAT IS MEDIUM GREEN?

200

STAPHYLOCOCCI CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THIS

WHAT IS A CLUSTER OF BACTERIA?

200

BACTERIA THAT ARE FOUND IN A CHAIN OF ROUND MICROORGANISMS 

WHAT ARE STREPTOCOCCI? 

200

SUTURE SIZE TYPICALLY USED FOR AORTIC ANASTOMOSIS

WHAT IS 4-0?

200

MOST COMMONLY USED SCISSORS USED DURING A HYSTERECTOMY

WHAT ARE JORGENSON?

300

STAINLESS STEEL

WHAT IS MUSTARD?

300

THIS MICROORGANISM IS CAPABLE OF CAUSING ENDOCARDITIS

WHAT IS STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS?

300

SUTURE FOUND IN A MEDIUM BLUE PACKAGE

WHAT IS SILK?

300

NUMBER OF TONSIL SPONGES IN A PACKAGE

WHAT IS 5?

300

SUCTION TIP USED FOR EAR PROCEDURES

WHAT IS A ROSEN?

400

NYLON

WHAT IS LIGHT GREEN?

400

OSTEOMYELITIS IS CAUSED BY THIS MICROORGANISM

WHAT IS STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS?

400

A BILATERAL THIS IS USED TO REMOVE A WOMAN’S TUBES AND OVARIES

WHAT IS A SALPINGO-OOPHERECTOMY? 
400

BLADES THAT FIT ONTO A #7 HANDLE

WHAT ARE #11 AND #12?

400

THESE ARE PASSED DOWN THE ESOPHAGUS BY THE ANESTHESIA PROVIDER RATHER THAN FROM THE STERILE FIELD

WHAT ARE MALONEY DILATORS?

500

GLYCOLIC ACID POLYMERS

WHAT IS VIOLET?

500

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES CAUSES THIS FLESH-EATING DISEASE

WHAT IS NECROTIZING FACIITIS?

500

ALSO KNOWN AS CAMPER’S FASCIA

WHAT IS THE SUBCUTICULAR LAYER? 

500

TO REDUCE BACTERIA IN THE OPERATING ROOM, HUMIDITY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THIS

WHAT IS 60%?

500

USED TO POWER DERMATOMES AND HIGH-SPEED DERMABRADERS FOR SKIN GRAFTS

WHAT IS COMPRESSED NITROGEN?

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