IAHCSMM CIS Certification: The Surgical
Instrument Manufacturing Process
(2022/2023) Rated A
hard steel used for producing sharp cutting edges ✔✔400 series stainless steel
scissors, osteotomes, chisels, rongeurs, forceps, hemostats, and needle holders ✔✔Instruments
produced using 400 series steel:
high corrosion resistance ✔✔300 series stainless steel offers _______________ but doesn't offer
the hardness properties of 400 series, making it more workable and malleable.
retractors, cannulas, rib-spreaders, and suction devices ✔✔Instruments produced using 300
series steel:
austenitic stainless steel ✔✔The softer 300 series steel is referred to as _____________.
lightweight instruments & non-magnetic ✔✔Titanium is used to produce __________________
that are extremely corrosion resistant and ______________.
, malleable ✔✔malleable Silver and copper are used because of their ____________ properties.
stainless steel ✔✔The most common raw material used to produce surgical instruments is
________________.
stain, spot, & rust. ✔✔Stainless steel does ___________, _______, and __________.
develop the forging ✔✔The first step of making a surgical instrument from stainless steel raw
material is to _____________.
stamp of the rough outline // heated bar of stainless steel ✔✔The forging is a
__________________ of an instrument and is made from a ________________.
Japan, Pakistan, France and Sweden ✔✔Most high quality forging come from mills in Germany,
but forgings also come from _____________, _____________, ____________ &
_______________.
Instrument Manufacturing Process
(2022/2023) Rated A
hard steel used for producing sharp cutting edges ✔✔400 series stainless steel
scissors, osteotomes, chisels, rongeurs, forceps, hemostats, and needle holders ✔✔Instruments
produced using 400 series steel:
high corrosion resistance ✔✔300 series stainless steel offers _______________ but doesn't offer
the hardness properties of 400 series, making it more workable and malleable.
retractors, cannulas, rib-spreaders, and suction devices ✔✔Instruments produced using 300
series steel:
austenitic stainless steel ✔✔The softer 300 series steel is referred to as _____________.
lightweight instruments & non-magnetic ✔✔Titanium is used to produce __________________
that are extremely corrosion resistant and ______________.
, malleable ✔✔malleable Silver and copper are used because of their ____________ properties.
stainless steel ✔✔The most common raw material used to produce surgical instruments is
________________.
stain, spot, & rust. ✔✔Stainless steel does ___________, _______, and __________.
develop the forging ✔✔The first step of making a surgical instrument from stainless steel raw
material is to _____________.
stamp of the rough outline // heated bar of stainless steel ✔✔The forging is a
__________________ of an instrument and is made from a ________________.
Japan, Pakistan, France and Sweden ✔✔Most high quality forging come from mills in Germany,
but forgings also come from _____________, _____________, ____________ &
_______________.
