. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. Fig. 37.—A becoming cap to either doctor or nurse. time required about a 16-inch ellipse; for example, incesarean section. The sheet should be long and wideenough to extend over the body of a very fat patient andreach down not farther than 3 inches below the surfaceof the table. If a patient is very tall; an extension, inthe shape of a table cover, may be used for the feet. LINEN OF THE OPERATING ROOM 223 Laparotomy sheets should be of assorted sizes, with theexception of those for small babies, when a large towelmay be slit in the manner descri
. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. Fig. 37.—A becoming cap to either doctor or nurse. time required about a 16-inch ellipse; for example, incesarean section. The sheet should be long and wideenough to extend over the body of a very fat patient andreach down not farther than 3 inches below the surfaceof the table. If a patient is very tall; an extension, inthe shape of a table cover, may be used for the feet. LINEN OF THE OPERATING ROOM 223 Laparotomy sheets should be of assorted sizes, with theexception of those for small babies, when a large towelmay be slit in the manner described. Vaginal sheets of the style shown in the illustration(Fig. 38) are abundantly required, and can be easily put. Fig. 38.—Vaginal sheet. on or removed after the vaginal work is done. The sheetgoes on over the sterile triangles which cover the is so secure that it makes a sterile table cover overthe abdomen for instruments, and is much less confusingthan a number of towels and clamps. 224 OPERATING ROOM Triangles and sheet are folded in sets in such a manner
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