The Evolution of Procedure Kits: Enhancing Efficiency and Patient Safety

As a crucial step throughout the surgery process, the preparation and setting of surgical tools and consumables directly affect the effectiveness and efficiency of surgeries, in the early days, this was a time-consuming stage to take, the phenomenon comes to an end by more than 50% of the time saved in modern medical, due to the application of procedure kits.

Since the concept and techniques of sterilization was introduced within the development of modern medical, tracing back to the late nineteenth century, people started to realize preparing the tools for surgery in advance could largely reduce the time cost within the surgery process.

The core contents in the procedure or dressing kits usually contains the cutting and grasping tools(scalpels and scissors, forceps and clamps), suturing needles and strings, dressing materials(gauze, cotton), and cleaning&protective equipment(drape, gloves) etc. The contents are chose to be put in different functions kits, other than making sure the tools are mixed to match the purpose of the kits, it is also essential to ensure the reliability, safety of the contents, for the surgeries, it is necessary to confirm the tools are clean and sterilized disposable items in order to prevent any possible side effects during application.

In favor of standardized contents in the kits, some medical best practices also became easier to be achieved, for example, the infection control protocols published by WHO, could be finished with the help of procedure kits designed for this purpose, effectively control the risk of infection and avoid the extra cost of possible delays in surgeries.

Other than improving the efficiency of surgeries, the development of kits also significantly benefits the safety of patients. Considering the precision and workflow are crucial in surgeries, it is important to make sure the tools are set to be standardized and all necessary items are included for the surgery, the application of procedure kits allow surgeons to keep the pace and force throughout the surgery, and the prepared kit contents also reduces the risk of missing critical items, which may cause a disruption in the workflow. 

On the other hand, the technology-driven innovations in relevant segments also help enhance the safety in procedure kits application, for both medical staff and patients, for instance, some suppliers has developed user-friendly ergonomic designs for the cutting and suturing tools, as a result, these tools could largely prevent errors from occurring in long time surgeries, from avoiding the surgeons to be tiring within the process, the protective equipment for nurses included in the kits are also improved over the years, with advanced and sustainable materials, they can protect the medical staff from the harmful and infective waste produced during the surgeries.

For those surgeries and treatment that are more professional and complex, basic dressing and procedure kits inclusions may not be enough for application. Under this circumstances, many suppliers, including TEXNET, also developed more innovative kits and offer customized service to make sure the kit does its function in specialized surgeries. Nowadays, the kits are broadly used in all medical and surgical segments, tailored to the complexity and specialty. The basic kits support operations including appendectomies and hernia repairs, allow the surgeon to take abdominal access and closure. Cardiovascular kits with vessel clamps and grafts are designed for procedures such as bypass surgeries, in these surgeries, the precision is crucial for saving patients’ life. For emergency trauma care, dressing kits come with wound dressing materials and central line insertion tool making sure the procedures are done efficiently.

As leading manufacturer and experienced supplier of dressing kits and procedure kits, Suzhou TEXNET offers a broad variety of procedure kits, including suture removal kit, eye washing kit, baby delivery kit and CVC on-off kit etc. The contents are carefully chosen for these specific surgery process, saving time for medical staff and ensure the surgeries are successfully done.