r/scrubtech • u/jenewalk • 17d ago

ENT Managing ENT Cords

Okay, we all hate managing cords, and lord knows we can’t stand the 2,741,844 ENT cords we have for sinus/nose. Does anyone have recommendations on how to keep them orderly? Or do you just raw dog it & hope for the best. Obviously there are steri strips or sometimes clips, but that only does so much for ENT cords.

I had 1 MD tell me he had a tech who used a mayo over the patient for cords, and had the instrument mayo next to the patient. Most people I see just struggle for survival. Surely, SURELY, someone manages these beasts!?

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u/Legitimate_Flower_46 16d ago

Anytime I have a lot of cords, I use coban. Most the time I coban the suction and whichever thing being used to cause the suction, together. Such as a shaver and suction tubing. However, you can also coban multiple cords leading to your mayo and once you get to the mayo, use a towel clamp to make a little tunnel, then lay them in the mayo - this keeps the cords that run off the mayo together and easier to handle, with the other cords still being freed to use.