Kidney dish
A kidney dish (also: kidney cup or instrument tray ) is a Healthcare used kidney-shaped container made of plastic material (typically polypropylene ), stainless steel or pressed cardboard . Enamelled sheet steel is rarely found any more, as the glaze is easily chipped off.
Kidney dishes are used, among other things, in hospitals , care facilities and in ambulance and ambulance services to collect vomit from a patient. The convex-concave and curved shape of the kidney bowl enables it to be guided to various parts of the patient's body in a handy manner. Contaminated cardboard kidney dishes are disposed of after a single use. According to the Medical Devices Act, kidney dishes made of more resistant materials may be rinsed in a bedpan washer and reused, as they are human waste. Kidney dishes are also used to put down used instruments or surgically removed tissue parts.
Typical dimensions of kidney bowls: length 240–280 mm, height 40–50 mm and nominal volume 700–1600 ml. Often bowls have an arched indentation of the bottom in order to stiffen the bowl, to create a standing edge and at the same time a grip edge.