Kingston General Hospital Operating Room Collection
Category
Hygiene
Classification
Hygiene
Antiseptic
Accession Number
001016002 a-b
Description
A rectangular two-piece aluminum perforated sterilizing case consists of a (a) deep rectangular bottom and a (b) cover; includes handwritten sterilizing instructions taped to cover.
A rectangular two-piece aluminum perforated sterilizing case consists of a (a) deep rectangular bottom and a (b) cover; includes handwritten sterilizing instructions taped to cover.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - bottom - Size: Length 50.0 cm x Width 20.5 cm x Depth 5.0 cm
b - cover - Size: Length 50.3 cm x Width 21.0 cm x Depth 2.7 cm
Provenance
Used by Operating Room staff at Kingston General Hospital
Dates
1990
2000
circa 1990-2000
Date Remarks
Based on appearance; date on empty package in storage case was dated 1997.
Material
metal: silver
paper: green, white
ink: black, red
Inscriptions
Printed on paper label affixed to tray: "MAR1011344"; handwritten on a paper sheet affixed to cover: "Re: Thoracoscope // if steris machine is broken, DO NOT Soak // thoracoscope in metricide, instead it // must be cleaned in the steries machine located // in cystoscopy suite : F.A.P.C. Level One. // When doing Thorascopy / Pleuroscopy // DO NOT INFUSE GASES OF ANY KIND // INTO CHEST CAVITY // (Camera is put into steris // machine along with the thoracoscope)"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D3-3
Condition Remarks
Some scratches inside the cover and on the exterior sides of tray; numerous types of sterilizing and packing tape and paper residue on the back and sides of tray and also on the cover.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
Kathleen Wattie; 001.016.001
Research Facts
Sterilizing case was used for storing a thoracoscope.