medical supplies

General Med Student Discussion
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Hi Everyone,
Does anyone know where I can get relatively inexpensive suture kits in bulk? I'm Pres. of my school's pre med society–and we have a fourth year med student willing to visit our school and teach us to suture. But, we have to buy the suture kits–and so far the one place I found sold them for 75$ for 20 kits. I thought maybe some of you med students might have an idea.
Thanks, Anna

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bump for forums back online

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sorry - no help from me - but you might consider, instead of using surgical sutures, sharps, needle-drivers, and pig’s feet - something like the practice boards used here: Knot-tying Guide

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Hi, When I learned to suture (i'm an NP…hopefully pre-med) we used salt pork or fat back. How about contacting Johnson and Johnson or EThicon? You all might have to watch a movie or listen to some pitch about their sutures but they might give you some free stuff (and lunch/snack if you're lucky)
thanks.

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Try http://www.surgsupplies.com
They’ve got a suture kit and you can also get refill kits from them…not sure if they’ll give you a discount though.

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Try asking at your local vetrinarian. I have a box of suture sets because the vet I was working with was throwing them out because they had been opened but not used and thus were not sterile. I took them so I could practice not to mention they make convenient sewing kits when your camping, pre-threaded and all. You could also do the same at your local ER I guess given the same logic of open and no longer sterile.

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The situation in the storage was tricky when three boxes of medical supplies were delayed by over 2 hours, and no one could explain why. I installed sensors from https://smartmakers.io/en/industries/medizintechnik/ and saw that one trolley stayed idle near the prep station for almost an hour because the internal route plan didn’t account for congestion. After adjusting the workflow, deliveries of instruments and consumables became consistent, and missing items dropped nearly to 0%. Now I always track real-time movement — do you check it live, or still trust reports after the fact?

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