[HSF] [Fwd: Image of the Week - Fixing a tube :)]

[Donald Ross]

sounds like spin to me
On 01/02/2007, at 12:24 PM, prasannasimha wrote:

> We have  a peculiar problem. - We do use autoclavable clothes but  
> what has happened is our Laundry has got "overwhelmed" and so we  
> have had to use disposable clothes for some of the OR's - actually  
> it is manufactured in India itself and it seems to work cheaper  
> than the whole gamut of getting extra laundry machines , clothes  
> and hiring extra people to run the machines according to our  
> hospital!! It is supposed to be made of some environmentally  
> friendly  paper thing -I am not sure what !! At least that 's what  
> the cover says :-)
> Prasanna
> Donald Ross wrote:
>> Prasanna,
>> I note that your manly form is stylishly clad in a disposable gown.
>> I thought only we in the "first world" had to suffer such an  
>> environmentally unfriendly, industry driven foolishness!
>> Here, they argue that is is too costly to launder and re-sterilise  
>> linen but surely that is not the case in India?
>> Don
>> On 01/02/2007, at 4:30 AM, prasannasimha wrote:
>>
>>> Resent
>>> Prasanna
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>
>>> Pictures of Vicryl thread fixing of a tube. Last picture is of me  
>>> desperately pulling on the tube to demonstrate that it holds well  
>>> (To address Hal's concern about its holding property - I am my  
>>> the toes and falling backwards to demonstrate its load bearing  
>>> capacity !!!
>>> Picture 1 is showing th stitch as placed in Dr Levinson's video -  
>>> when tied it allows good edge to edge approximation of the skin  
>>> edges compared to a classical purse string.
>>> I bet some will think it is much ado about nothing but it does  
>>> help and avoids "minor irritants" and at the end of it all that  
>>> is what the patient sees even if you have spent hours doing some  
>>> wonderful things inside him / her !!
>>> Prasanna
>>>
>>>
>>> <fixingatube panorama.jpg>
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