ICV Surgery Checklist

Autoclave

autoclavable blue box containing at least 1 pair of very fine forceps
screws and cannulae
fishing weight retractors
1 cloth drape
1 stainless box (wrapped in a cloth drape) containing:
- at least 1 pair of coarse forceps
- at least 1 pair of fine blue forceps
- sharp-sharps & blunt-sharps
- staple puller & stapler
- drill bit for Dremel (2.3 mm)
- needle holders
- scalpel handle

box of icv caps
2 glass dishes (for 10% bleach and 70% EtOH)
2-500 ml beakers (for saline)
2-500 ml bottles of physiologic saline
cotton swabs
gauze squares
staples

Other Materials

Pre-Operative

gauze squares
stereotax apparatus
eye ointment
betadine and 70% EtOH in wash bottles
clippers
dustbuster
cover gowns and masks
appropriately sized sterile surgical gloves

Intra-Operative

sterile disposable drapes
absorbent pads (at least 2)
lab tape
500 ml 10% bleach
500 ml 70% EtOH

#10 scalpel blades
fishing weights for retraction
hydrogen peroxide
super glue gel

Dremel
2 manual hand drills
gel foam
tubing for “washers”
screw driver
swabs with wooden handles
Pasteur pipette and bulb
denture materials (powder and solvent)
3 cc syringes, 25 ga needles
2-0 vicryl

Post-Operative

microwave
hot packs
20 cc syringes, 21 ga needles
5% dextrose

Clean Up

Clean instruments that are autoclaved with enzymatic cleaner, and soak in instrument milk for at least 10 minutes. Do not rinse. Dry other instruments with EtOH.