NB: A laceration repair suture kit will have some of the following.
- Normal saline sterile solution (irrigation bottle)
- Alcohol Wipes (4 of them)
- Betadine solution or povidone iodine
- Gauze, 4 x 4 or 2×2 gauze pads
- Drape (sterile fenestrated drape) or sterile towels
- Gloves: Nonsterile gloves. Size: Medium or another appropriate size.
- Gloves: Sterile gloves, size 7 (or appropriate size for you)
- Syringe: 3-mL syringe
- Needle: 18 to 21 gauge needle for drawing up anesthetic
- Needle: 25- to 30-gauge or smallest possible needle for injecting
- Lidocaine (or Xylocaine) 1 or 2%, with or without 1:100,000 epinephrine for local anesthesia.
- Needle driver / Needle holder
- Forceps (Toothed forceps) – to grasp the skin edges while suturing).
- Scissors – E.g. iris scissors for cutting the sutures.
- Suture: Nonabsorbable sutures or adhesive (polypropylene (Prolene), silk, or nylon). Correct size.
- Suture: Absorbable suture (Vicryl) of correct size if subcutaneous suture needed.
- Steri Strips – Use especially on face wounds. It reduces scarring.
- Scalpel: Scalpel handle and scalpel blades – Size 15 or 10. May be needed to extend the wound or debride edges.
- Bandage: Adhesive bandages (circular or square) or nonstick bandage and tape large enough to cover the wound.
- White petrolatum on a swab or antibiotic ointment.
- Hemostatic agents – Chemical Cauterization: Aluminum chloride 20-50% solution (Drysol), OR ferric subsulfate (Monsel solution ) OR silver nitrate sticks (75% silver nitrate/25% potassium nitrate)
- Cotton swabs for applying Drysol or chemical cautery.
Consider: 1) Curved hemostat 2) Straight hemostat
Resources:
http://www.traumaburn.com/TNP/IP-Procedures/Laceration-Repair.pdf (Last accessed 12/2016)