I’m A Little worried that these aren’t surgical grade.
What I mean by that Is if I’m Actually Planning To Do Surgery, can They handle The AutoClave ? (High Pressure High temp Pressure cooker Used for any Surgery Equipment except those that can’t Survive The Dish washer + Pressure cooker )
Ive been looking at buying surgical trays since the summer, but the diffetence between a legitimate steel tray used in the operating room to hold scissors, scalpels, tweezers, and a “hollowed out square of tin” is several hundred dollars.
I mean no exagveration $200-300 for what looks like the same surgical tray (shape, size , color , function), but fischer scinetific or any legitimate medical vendors will have and send you the product information, lot information, batch information, information about the structural composition, date, year , when/ where / with what it was made with, how “anti-corrosion” properties were even tested.
basically what im saying is that the reason you pay $2-300 on an authroized medical or scientific distributor for the equivalent of a hollowed square, is that these vendors provide the supporting documents testing and paperwork needed to prove any claims they makw of being autoclavable, corrosion resistant (for ethanol / isopropyl alcohol), rust resistant, wont leach out metals or alloys into solution if you decife to soak your scissors and surgery equipment in ethanol or another polar solvent.
Because in the end of the day, if you get on that operating table and find out later that you got exposed to lead or tetanus because the surgery equipment used didnt meet the necessary safety standards; whichever company that sold the faulty item and claimed certain product properties will actually have their testing standards put to the test when determining whos liable.
Thats why im making such a big deal about why you cant just claim “surgical” or prance around the vernacular used when describing steel surgical- like trays by leaving things intentionally vague and up for interpretation.
the reason why im worried is because im reading this items product description and it looks like they also typed it on their phone just like i am w this comment. more so im worried that this is a cheap chinese manufactured item that cannot support their claims or even define what they mean by "surgical ".
I will order this item because it is a good deal even though it would be malpractice for anyone to take the gamble using this in an actual surgical setting
It is 201 steel. Low grade stainless steel that does not resist corrosion very well. It has a surface treatment that the Amazon site warns can be broken if you scrub with an abrasive which would accelerate corrosion. Not stated is the thickness or gauge of the metal.
Different sites vary in whether they consider it food grade. If you are intending to use it as a field medical tray, you may want to pay more. If just depositing used surgical or dental equipment, post procedure should be fine.
Ok deal, selling for $20 on the mothership.