Hospital dressing trolley, England, 1970-1974
This dressing trolley was used to hold instruments and dressings on wards or in surgical theatres. The plastic bowl is called a swab bowl. Having casters on the dressing trolley makes it easy for the hospital staff to move instruments to where they are needed before returning them to the steriliser.
Object number:
1986-1357
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Glossary: dressing trolley
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Glossary: steriliser
An instrument used to make objects sterile by killing or eliminating agents such as fungi, bacteria and viruses.