Regional Carts through the ages
Click on the timeline to see how our carts have evolved from having a generalized procedure cart, to a single regional-specific one used to travel long distance between operating rooms, to two identical carts that carried large amounts of supplies for multiple bays outfitted in allnumbed up colors and topped with the Regional Anesthesia Placemat, to our current six cart system designed to function efficiently—one small cart in each regional bay. Note that labeling of the contents of the drawers has undergone frequent modification—from generalized labels, to a list of components (too small to read), to numbers (too hard to remember), to colors (not really better than numbers), and back again to generalized labels.
Contents of our current carts: (Harloff 3156k, hammertone green or blue paint)
 Drawer 1: Patient Prep
- Lifetech Tracer III Nerve Stimulator
- EKG Leads
- “ChloroPrep” 3 ml applicators
- Sterile Skin Marking Pens
- Local Anesthetic Syringes (for skin wheals)
- Bottle Opener for vials (s.w.a.g.)
- Sterilely Packaged Wire Cutters (for shortening stimulating catheters)
- Drape Clip (s.w.a.g.)
- 9 Volt Battery
- Forceps
- Inexpensive laser pointer (s.w.a.g., for pointing at U/S screen or patient anatomy without touching)
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 Drawer 2: Needles
- BD 25 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle
- BD 18 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle
- BD 18 gauge blunt tip needle with filter
- Polymedic/Stryker 20 degree bevel stimulation needle
22 gauge X 50mm
- Polymedic/Stryker 20 degree bevel stimulation needle
21 gauge X 90mm
- Polymedic/Stryker 20 degree bevel stimulation needle
21 gauge X 150 mm
- Arrow continuous nerve block needle, 17 gauge/2 inch
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 Drawer 3: Neuraxial Supplies
- BD Whitaker spinal needle 27 gauge X 3.5 inch
- BD Whitaker spinal needle 25 gauge X 3.5 inch
- BD Quincke spinal needle 22 gauge X 3.5 inch
- BD Tactile epidural needle 18 gauge X 3.5 inch
- BD Weiss epidural needle 20 gauge X 3.5 inch
- BD Whitaker spinal needle 25 gauge X 5 inch
- BD Quincke spinal needle 22 gauge X 5 inch
- BD “Durasafe” CSE needle set (Whitaker spinal needle 27 gauge X 4, 11/16 inch / Epidural needle 18gauge X 3.5 inch)
- Gertie Marx CSE needle set (GM 25 gauge x6. 5 inch/ Epidural needle 17 gauge X 5 inch, for more-obese-than-usual patients)
- Smith’s Portex epidural flat filter with Luer lock fitting
- Smith’s Portex epidural catheter and Tuohy-Borst adapter replacement kit
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 Drawer 4: Dressings
- Various tapes (including latex free high tape HyTape in 2 inch and 1/2 inch widths and 3M transport tape in 1 inch width)
- Sterile 4 by 3 sponge packs
- “Tegaderm” transparent dressing 10 cm by 12cm
- “SorbaView 2000” 3 ¾ inch by 5 inch dressing
- Adhesive band-aids
- “LockIt Plus” regional anesthesia catheter securement device (18 gauge)
- “Bio-patch” antimicrobial dressing 2 ½ inch diameter
- Alcohol prep pack
- Antimicrobial alcohol gel hand wipes
- 3M “Steristrips” 6 pack 1 ½ inch by 4 inch lengths
- Compound of Benzoin saturated swab stick packs
- “Derma-bond” topical skin adhesive
- Povadine-Iodine swab sticks 10% antiseptic with three swab sticks
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 Drawer 5: Personal Protective Equipment
- Sterile gloves in sizes 6 ½, 7, 7 ½ and 8
- Surgical buffont caps and masks
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 Drawer 6: Syringes
- BD 30 ml lower lock tip syringes
- BD 10 ml control syringes
- BD 10 ml syringe with a Luer lock tips
- BD safety glide 3 ml 23 gauge 3cc syringe
- BD safety glide 1 ml 25 gauge by 5/8 1cc syringe
- Baxter standard four way stop cock with extension set, 35 inches
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