Pickup forceps: is an instrument that allows one to pick up sterile equipment.
Sterile equipment: material, which is free of all forms of microorganism.
Pick up forceps should be kept inside the jar in which 2/3 of the jar should be filled with antiseptic solution
• Wash pick up forceps and jars and sterilize daily
• Fill jar with disinfectant solution daily such as detol or preferably carbolic solution
• Care should be taken not to contaminate tip of the forceps
• Always hold tip downward
• If tip of forceps is contaminated accidentally, it should be sterilized before placing it back in the jar to avoid contamination.
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