Equipment list for performing a speculum examination

• PPE
  • Gloves, sterile, size 8.5 (9 if n/a, 8 if neither available)
  • Mask, surgical
  • Gown, non-sterile
• Equipment
  • Large bluey
  • Dressing pack (standard)
  • Speculum (size: ___________)
  • Lubricant, sterile, x4 packets
  • Jumbo swabs, whole pack
  • Sponge-holding forceps
  • Gauze, 10cm squares, x10 (usually 5 per pack, so 2x packs)
  • Kidney dish
• IF collecting specimens
  • Slides x3
  • Swabs with charcoal transport medium (“wet swabs”) x3
  • Swabs with no transport medium (“dry swabs”) x3
  • Swabs, on wooden sticks, non-specimen collecting
  • Specimen jar, for urine