Tray list

Surgical instrument trays must be assembled in a very precise manner, and trays can be very different in their content and layout. A detailed list of the contents of a surgical instrument tray is referred to as a tray list. Going beyond a plain list of contents, the tray list identifies the order of the instruments, the quantity of the instruments, and how the instruments should be bundled. Some instruments, for example, might be on a stringer, while others are in a terry towel at the bottom of the pan. The tray list defines all of the details of the content and layout of the tray. For one tray list, there can be many physical trays.