Sharps Pad

The Purple Surgical Sharps Pad is a simple, low-cost cardboard-backed foam pad designed for the safe organisation, counting and disposal of contaminated sutures, blades and needles during surgical procedures. It gives theatre staff a clear, consistent surface for sharps management that supports accurate intraoperative counting, a core part of AORN and AST standards of practice, which recommend that all sharps be audibly and visually counted and kept under observable control throughout a procedure. The pad's adhesive foam strip holds needles and blades securely in place as they're used and removed, reducing the risk of misplaced sharps and helping scrub teams maintain an accurate, verifiable count from the start of a case to closure.

Features and benefits include:

• Purpose-designed foam surface that holds needles, blades and suture sharps securely in place, keeping them visible and accounted for throughout the procedure
• Supports accurate sharps counts, providing a clear counting surface makes audible-and-visual count protocols faster and more reliable, in line with recommended perioperative practice
• Convenient, single-use design cardboard-backed foam pad with an adhesive strip; no assembly, no cleaning, no reprocessing
• Low cost, to provide our customers with an economical option for routine sharps management where a rigid counting box (see Sharps Count) or full safety station isn't required
• Reduces sharps injury risk, controlling and containing sharps on a dedicated surface, rather than leaving them loose on the sterile field, lowers the chance of accidental percutaneous injury