What Megan does at her Memphis job.

A few of you guys have asked what in the world I do at an Oral Surgeon's office during my breaks. Well, I have snuck you inside the top secret world of instrument cleaning. Shuuush! It IS just as unglamourous as you would expect. But I do enjoy getting to watch all of the intesrestin srgeries and my bosses have been very good to me.


STEP ONE.
After the surgery (That I probably really enjoyed watching) the tray comes back to me in the lab. The pictre below was badly edited by myself (could you tell?!) and they are usually covered in gauze, gloves and sharp objects. I wound't take a picture of a real tray and the manip below is horrible on purpose. Wouldn;t want to scare any of you that haven't had those wisdom teeth out yet.



STEP TWO
Double gloves. I scrub each instrument very closely with a variety of different brushes and sponges and also whipe certain items down with antibacterial cloths. Then I arrange them in a specific order ontop of the blue sterlizing sheet that I wrap with color changing tape.


STEP THREE
They go into the magical maching that steams every single little thing that could be on the surface of that metal into oblivion.
STEP FOUR
I open the clean packages that come out suprisingly in the arrangement i put them into (usually not this perfect, this is the same picture from above =P). They are VERY hot and I usually double glove so I can stand the heat. STEP FIVE
I arrange the instruments. It seems a little complicated, but after you have done it for 2 summers and a few holiday breaks its like second nature. Then they go into another surgery. See step one.
Thats is what happens when you ask questions that have a boring answer. I have to go and do a repetitive photo blog on it. I wish I could make it more interesting, but i just isn't. However, the guy with the tumor on his tongue and the girl with the canines growing into her eyesockets really make the job.

A word about wisdom teeth: don't freak out. Really. I was terrified of the IV, but in our office we use some of the smallest needles there are. Honestly you feel a little pinch, then you are out, then you are home. Don't be a baby. Because I am the one who has to lay over yor legs when you have worked yourself into an unconcious frenzy and are attempting to unknowingly kick the doctor.

Kthanx.