TRANSPORTATION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

摘要

A device for the transportation and temporary storage of a medical instrument (24), the device comprising: an instrument bag (20) formed of a plastics material substantially impermeable to bodily fluids, the bag having a bag opening (22) for receiving the instrument (24); and a label (2) which has a first portion (12) adhered to an external surface of the bag adjacent to the bag opening (22) and has a second portion (14) which is disposed beyond the bag opening (22) and which has a lower surface at least part of which is adhesive and covered by a removable backing (18); wherein: the first portion (12) of the label (2) includes a pocket for receiving a sachet or data carrier (26); the second portion (14) of the label (2) includes a tamper-evident portion (16) which exhibits a first visual appearance when first adhered to a surface of the bag (20), and which exhibits a second visual appearance after it has been adhered to and then removed from a surface of the bag, and subsequently adhered to the same surface of the bag; the second visual appearance different from the first visual appearance.