Medicine Cabinet Memories: Can You Name These 20 Essential Hospital & Home Medical Supplies?

What contoured plastic or metal receptacle is slid under bedridden patients for bladder or bowel elimination?

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Bedpans have been utilized in medical care for centuries. Originally made of pewter, copper, or ceramic, modern hospitals use disposable plastic bedpans that are contoured to slip comfortably under the lower spine.

What contoured plastic or metal receptacle is slid under bedridden patients for bladder or bowel elimination?

Bedpan

Surgical kidney tray

Sterile prep basin

Emesis vomit bowl

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