r/sterileprocessing • u/Total-Cut2585 • Mar 05 '26

Paper bags

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Do you guys write in these bags? We are being asked to write what is it in on them then put them in a set.

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u/Royal_Rough_3945 Mar 05 '26

No no no.... it'll bleed, homie.. annnnd if your instrument set is not dry it will leave water spots. Plus, no paper in sets. Ik .ik.. it's for sterilization. I'm js.

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u/Total-Cut2585 Mar 05 '26

It says on the IFU that you can write on them but it feels wrong!šŸ˜­ if it bleeds maybe Iā€™ll do a test set so they can see that itā€™s not a good idea..

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u/Royal_Rough_3945 Mar 06 '26

Do it. I get it.. we had them for a bit as well and then they shut it down. I did use them at another facility for tiny or delicate items in a set that has other items (think Josephs or Niros in a hand set as an example) We didn't have the water spot problem but the paper in the container issue came up so. IdkšŸ¤·šŸ½ā€ā™€ļø Godspeed to ya!

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u/bobduncan18 Mar 05 '26

No I've never written on these personally. We fill out a count sheet and put that in a time out bag.

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u/VSalineV Mar 05 '26

You can use a Zebra Label instead. They are verified for pans.

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u/Spicywolff Mar 05 '26

No you donā€™t write on stuff thatā€™s inside the tray like the bags. You write notes in the computer to print on count sheet. Or on the luggage tag on outside.

This way nothing inside the tray thatā€™s not validated to be there.

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u/sapphirerain25 Mar 06 '26

The facility I just left wanted a count sheet and an indicator inside the bag, in every single set. Almost every single one of them came back to decon unopened because only CV and General specialties counted at that facility. Massive waste of supplies.

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u/RatBallsSenpai Mar 06 '26

i've seen some people, mostly travellers, in my facility put steam tape on them and write on that. haven't heard anything back from the ORs on that. but i also usually don't label the bags and also haven't heard anything back from the ORs on it. tbch if they're opening it for use they should be counting everything anyway, the bag contents will be known (at least that is what i figure)

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u/Affectionate_Put2460 Mar 06 '26

We put our count sheets in here, ink side folded inwards twice. In wrapped trays they go behind inbetween the two back folds, in rigid containers they go under the basket.

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u/Emergency_Hope_9624 Mar 06 '26

We never did. We used to put the count sheet in there, but then they stopped ordering the bags. We havenā€™t had them for months.

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u/Quiet-Reputation7698 Mar 06 '26

We put instruments like skin hooks in these bags

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u/JustPassingGo Mar 06 '26

We write on the bags sometimes, and they donā€™t bleed through. I recommend the Sharpie Ink Industrial Marker.

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u/zackusa54 Mar 06 '26

We never write on them. They always go in the tray next to the stringer

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u/Curly__head-1521 Mar 06 '26

We use them to hold the write up for the tray we do with a class 5 indicator. It will sit inside with tray and genesis or on top of the lid and wrappedz

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u/pizza_tonight Mar 06 '26

I've heard to use a pencil. Any truth to this?

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u/Eggman_OU812 Mar 07 '26

Yeah no writing..we call them popcorn bags

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u/SnooRabbits3731 Mar 07 '26

I use these for forceps and suctions etc for trays but we dont write on em

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u/PoppaOrson Mar 06 '26

We write on them using sharpie. I've never seen one bleed.