Medical metal spatula is often used for speech therapy massage, sound production. This device has other areas of application. For example, they use it when examining a patient, as well as for cosmetic purposes.
What is it?
Metal spatula - a special medical therapeutic tool that is used to examine the oral cavity. He is in the office of ENT doctors, pediatricians, paramedics, therapists. In appearance, the spatula is a flat stick, which can be made not only of metal, but also plastic, wood, glass, and ceramics.
Spatulas can be disposable and reusable. The second must be sterilized in a special solution before and after use. Disposable can be either sterile or non-sterile, it can not be reused. Usually spatulas are delivered to medical institutions in a set of one hundred pieces, individually packaged.
Features
Metal spatula is often used for cosmetic purposes for applying special depilatory paste to the skin. With its help it is easier to apply a hot composition, no extra effort is needed. The advantage of metal spatulas is that such a tool does not break, does not bend, it is designed for reusable use. It is easy to wash, easier to sterilize. The peculiarity is that if a specialist uses a spatula to apply the composition, he can not wear disposable gloves, and this reduces their consumption, therefore, it is economically profitable.
After the procedure, the paste from the instrument is washed off with warm water, and then it is sterilized. There are special requirements for spatulas. They must be plastic, sterile, durable, their surface must be flat and without chips, the edges are smooth. A poor-quality tool is not suitable for work, as it can damage the mucous membrane and skin.
Appointment
Metal spatula is used for different purposes:
- laryngological examination;
- taking scrapings from the tongue and cheeks;
- applying ointments, creams, other compounds, for example, in shugaring;
- for mixing medications;
- with a spatula, you can collect bulk substances and compositions;
- mix solutions;
- measure loose;
- prepare dental cements;
- take histological and microbiological samples.
It is convenient to apply hot wax to the body with such a spatula. Its main purpose is to create the most comfortable conditions for the doctor and patient, a full examination, minimize contact, adherence to sterility.
Types of medical spatulas
Metal spatula is the most popular type of tool. What other species exist? They are listed below:
- Dental This is a reusable tool with flat blades on both sides at the end. The central part is the place to hold the spatula. It is used to examine the oral cavity and procedures of a therapeutic and prophylactic nature.
- Metal spatula. A reusable product that is used by therapists and otorhinolaryngologists for examination. With its help, the doctor pushes the tongue out, which allows you to carefully examine the tonsils and larynx of the patient. Such spatulas are most often made of stainless steel.
- Eye spatula. This is a two-way ophthalmic product, which has two working areas on both sides of the handle. Designed for microsurgical operations, made of stainless steel.
- Therapeutic. Woodwork, non-sterile, disposable. The instrument is not sterilized and is disposed of after use. It is used by otorhinolaryngologists, district therapists. With the help of such a spatula, the oral cavity is examined, tests are taken from the mucous membranes, medicines are applied in the form of creams, ointments and gels. Wooden and metal products are also a necessary attribute in cosmetology.
- Metal spatula for shugaring. Reusable tool with which a certain amount of paste of various viscosity and density is applied. Easy to clean and disinfect.
- Glass. The product can be in the form of the letter L, used in various fields of medicine. Designed for sowing microscopic organisms. It is used in medical centers, laboratories, biological institutes. There is also a metal laboratory spatula for reusable use.
- Spoon-shaped. This is an ophthalmic instrument that is used during operations on the eyeball.
There are many more tools like spatulas that have found application in various fields of medicine and cosmetology.
What are they made of?
Medical and cosmetological spatulas are made of metal (usually stainless steel), wood, transparent disposable polymer, glass, ceramics, porcelain. For example, an ENT spatula may be a disposable wooden one. It is used to examine the oral cavity to remove tissue during the examination. The tool directly take a scraping from the mucous membrane. Also, wooden and metal spatulas have found their application in cosmetology. They are needed for applying various compositions, mixing liquids, including wax.
Wooden products, as a rule, are non-sterile, they are used only once and are not processed. Spatulas made of wood are elastic, do not break. Sterile wood is also intended for examination of the oral cavity, they are made of birch, sterilization is carried out with ethylene oxide. Sterile instruments are made from environmentally friendly wood. Such products are made of hardwood, the surface is perfectly smooth, without roughness.
The polymer is made of transparent medical material, which has a smooth and smooth surface, the ends are usually rounded. The disposable polymer spatula is made of polystyrene, which can be used in medicine. The metal is made of stainless steel. It is designed for reusable use, amenable to sterilization, durable. The edges of the tool are smooth, without chips. It is plastic, durable and sterile. Glass used for laboratory research. Lightweight spatulas, inert to corrosion, easy to clean.
Terms of use
Before using the spatula, the tool must be sterilized if it is metal. For example, the shugaring procedure (depilation with sugar paste) consists of the following steps:
- first clean the surface of the skin with a special solution;
- apply talcum powder or powder, spread on the skin;
- remove the paste from the jar with a spatula;
- apply it with a tool on a skin area with a thin layer;
- after drying, pry off the mass with a spatula, jerk off the skin;
- rinse the residue with warm water;
- apply caring oil to your skin.
The laboratories also use porcelain and ceramic spatulas. They are resistant to various substances, high temperature, repeated sterilization, durable, durable.
Dimensions
Medical spatulas are small in size. The metal length is 125 mm, approximate dimensions are length, width, thickness (150 mm x 18 mm x 1.8 mm). Such parameters allow him to hold in his hands, to perform the necessary manipulations.
Price
Metal spatula is a relatively inexpensive tool. For example, a tongue tool is 100 rubles, a spoon-shaped metal is much more expensive - 1717 rubles, an ophthalmic metal one - 1086 rubles.