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Why must you use forceps to hold the cover slip while lowering it to the slide during science experiments?
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Bacteria that exists on your hands could contaminate whatever is on the slide, as well as preventing the oils on your hands from doing the same. Sterile forceps are therefore ideal to these ends. In addition, it allows you to lower the cover slip down with minimal disturbance to whatever is on the slide, because the liquid on the slide will cohesively bind to your fingers more than to the forceps.
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Who uses forceps?
Doctors, nurses, surgeons, medics, and body piercers.
What surgery would forceps be used in?
A forceps is used to hold the tissues during surgery and is used in any minor or major surgery
What are lane bone holding forceps?
Bone Holding Forceps are used to hold the bone during orthopedic surgery. You can find a wide range of bone holding forceps with their specification and sizes at the related link.
How would the doctor using forceps cause a birth injury?
If a doctor misuses the forceps during birth head trauma or cervical spine injuries can occur to the baby. In general forceps are safe and the benefit will outweigh the risk of their use.
What is a forceps birth?
Forceps is a medical instrument that looks kind of like tongs with flat ends. During labor and delivery, forceps may be needed to turn the baby or to help quickly assist to deliver a newborn. The forceps is opened (like tongs) and each flat side is placed on each side of the baby's head, then the doctor guides the baby out the vagina.
Would you use transfer forceps during a procedure if you were wearing sterile gloves to handle instruments in a sterile field?
You are not required to use transfer forceps during a surgical procedure of you are wearing sterile gloves to handle sterile instruments in the sterile field.
How did Mendel use his training in mathematics to aid his experiments in life science?
probability
What are kocher forceps used for?
Ochsner-Kocher forceps are a type of medical instrument designed for performing a specific action for the purpose of carrying out a desired effect during surgery. The Ochsner Kocher are a clamping forceps with inter-locking teeth along the inside surface of its either curved or strait elongated tips.
Forceps image and function?
Dressing ForcepsThese forceps, which are most commonly used to hold and manipulate gauze and similar dressing material, are also used during autopsies. Dressing forceps may be curved or straight, and select models have the appearance of tweezers. The point or tip of these forceps is blunt, with a rough working surface, to offer grip. The dressing forceps are also used for debriding wounds (removing dying tissue and foreign matter) and when working with sutures (stitches).Alligator ForcepsThese forceps, with their long shaft, are utilized for retrieving objects from within and between cavities in the patient's body. The shaft of these forceps is set at an angle to the grip, and they are designed to have a serrated tip, reminiscent of an alligator's mouth, from where the common name is derived. The tip of these forceps remains open until the grip (handles) are closed, which allows for
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what The use of forceps in laboratory?
Holds the test tube when performing expirements. -jane_
What are forceps and how are they used?
[http://www.answers.com/forceps?cat=health&gwp=13Click here for the answer from Answers.com]See the Web Links to the left for more information.A forceps is a laboratory word for tweezers. Tweezers are used to pick up small objects with dexterity.
