https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/23061/suture-needle-sterilisation Hi I was just wondering how everyone sterilises their suture needles. At my practice we currently use an old method of keeping them in surgical spirit after thoroughly cleaning them medizyme. Are there any pouches that can be used that are not easilyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146916?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:55:15 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:f4c09b72-3f3e-4b1f-bf18-bd08b253f852Charlotte K<p>Thank you everyone, I&#39;ll have a look and try persuade the practice to buy some!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146834?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:22:08 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:256006cd-92a6-4360-8f67-b96c65dc852cJade.Simmons<p>Veterinary instrmentation do little plastic cases which we put ours in then steralise with kits</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146832?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:19:49 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:04c3cdaf-556c-48dd-82b4-a67611603b67Carol Cottrell<p>We use the little plastic boxes from Veterinary Instrumentation or if none available we fold a gauze swab in half &amp; thread the needles through just to keep them together in place :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146827?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:11:17 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:40cfa391-a815-4f5a-86a3-29c672e59d63Emily Hibbs<p>We use the plastic needle boxes from JAK also, work fine for us!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146826?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:08:49 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7806a7ea-cf18-42e0-9194-d8c6b274fecfjane Lewis<p>https://shop.jakmarketing.co.uk/product_detail.php?prod_id=1278&amp;catid=33 We use these little plastic containers to sterilse our needles in the autoclave. We used to have the metal ones but they seem to make the needles rust/wear quicker. We just put needles in it and then place it in a self seal autoclave bag. Hope you find something that suits you x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/146819?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:05:26 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2345d5fc-ab7b-4c2e-9d38-0e4f88db2699Steph Worsley<p>there have been a couple of threads about this not long ago, heres the search results:</p> <p><a href="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=suture+needles">http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=suture+needles</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>