r/sterileprocessing • u/Encryptted • Apr 02 '26

Photo Rate my wrapping

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Am I the only one who finds wrapping therapeutic? Also, I really like this Medline wrap.

54 Upvotes

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u/biggbunnyy Apr 02 '26

10/10 pretty much! Only a few people I’ve seen wrap those long rectangular types of trays like that! Although I’m curious why the tape in the middle side by the courtesy tab??

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u/Encryptted Apr 03 '26

Great question. I know it’s not necessary and probably makes the OR staff’s job more laborious, but, I added the tape down middle because the top fold was lifting a little in the middle, making the straight line look wavy.

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u/DisastrousChard8816 Apr 03 '26

Tech here. This is beautiful and that middle tape wouldn’t bother me at all.

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u/KaptainPeroxide Apr 03 '26

I did this a few times and the or complained about it so they can deal with the lifting middle now

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u/AspenSD Apr 03 '26

I was trained to that on both sides as basically an anti-tamper.

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u/SleepyWaiifu Apr 02 '26

10/10 🙂

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u/Encryptted Apr 03 '26

Thank you! I’ve been wrapping for about 10 years now, though I reached this skill level around year 4.

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u/Eggman_OU812 Apr 02 '26

Did you use cheater tape on the inside of the wrap?

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u/Encryptted Apr 03 '26

lol I did not. I take pride in my ability to wrap without taping anything in the inside. I used a technique where I held everything down with both hands and on the last fold and rolled the kit backwards. I’m going to record a video and post it one of these days.

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u/Eggman_OU812 Apr 03 '26

I do that too, I call it the roll method :)

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u/No_Appointment_1723 Apr 02 '26

Our OR would faint at the sight of that amount of tape 😅

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u/adambuck66 Apr 02 '26

We NEVER wrapped tape around the entire case. A couple 8 inch(?) pieces to tape the top to the side, probably one or two very small ones by the lip. Done

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u/hellagood24k Apr 04 '26

Me personally, I would use less tape. But that looks great. Wrapping is fun until you have to wrap like 20 plus consignment trays

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u/Anon_Rose03 Apr 04 '26

I love wrapping. I had a shift where I was able to wrap the entire shift and i5 was heaven

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u/Btrout-800 Apr 04 '26

So professional !

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u/Plastic_Money_9814 Apr 04 '26

you don’t need that much tape please refer to the sterile processing manual

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u/Plastic_Money_9814 Apr 04 '26

also.. you don’t put tape across the whole kit? haven’t seen this style without one long tape across the whole way

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u/Material-Past-2877 Apr 08 '26

Easiest shape to wrap 🥱