Delivery Set For Midwifery And OBG Training

Quick Answer: A delivery set is the small instrument kit laid out for a normal vaginal birth, with instruments for clamping and cutting the umbilical cord, cutting and repairing an episiotomy, and handling swabs. It is used in nursing, midwifery and obstetrics training for tray preparation and practice on birthing models.

What a Normal Delivery Tray Contains

A normal delivery needs far fewer instruments than a caesarean section. Delivery sets usually include two artery forceps to clamp the umbilical cord, cord-cutting scissors, episiotomy scissors, a needle holder and toothed forceps for repair, and sponge-holding forceps; many trays add a kidney tray, a bowl and cord clamps or ties. The contents of this listing are not itemised, so compare them with your labour-room tray list when ordering.

In ANM, GNM and BSc Nursing courses, students prepare the tray, identify each instrument and practise the sequence of a clean delivery on birthing simulators such as the labour delivery model: clamping the cord at two points, cutting between the clamps and checking the cut end for bleeding.

Episiotomy scissors are the piece students most often misidentify. Their blades are angled and the tips blunt, a shape that lets the cut be made at the right angle to the perineum while the baby’s head is protected. Recognising them is a common viva question.

Applications

Midwifery and nursing skills-lab practice of the steps of a normal delivery
Instrument identification in obstetrics viva and OSCE stations
Teaching episiotomy repair on perineal suture pads
Comparing the delivery tray with the cesarean set in lessons on modes of birth

Care & Handling

After practice, open all hinged instruments, rinse off simulated blood or lubricant and scrub the serrations and joints.
Dry the instruments fully and store them in their tray in the layout used for the lesson, so a missing piece is obvious.
For sterile-technique practice, wrap and autoclave the set as a pack, as students will later do on the labour ward.

Specifications

Item	Instrument set for normal vaginal delivery
Typical instruments	Artery forceps, cord and episiotomy scissors, needle holder, toothed forceps, sponge holder
Main tasks	Cord clamping and cutting, episiotomy and its repair
Training use	Tray preparation and delivery practice on birthing models
Itemised contents	Confirm at enquiry

Why Choose LabEquip

Delivery sets are ordered in numbers by nursing and midwifery colleges, which need one tray for each student group, and by district training centres. LabEquip lists the set in its Biology Lab Products range.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are two artery forceps used on the umbilical cord?

The cord is clamped at two points and cut between them, so that neither the baby’s end nor the placental end bleeds.

How do episiotomy scissors differ from other scissors?

They have angled blades with blunt tips, which lets the cut be made at the correct angle to the perineum while protecting the baby’s head.

What is the difference between a delivery set and a cesarean set?

The delivery set is a small kit for vaginal birth and perineal repair. A cesarean set is a full abdominal surgical tray with retractors, many clamps and suturing instruments.

Can the set be used on a birthing simulator?

Yes. Practising cord clamping, cutting and episiotomy repair on a delivery simulator or perineal pad is the usual way students learn the sequence before the labour ward.

Are cord clamps included in the tray?

Many delivery trays include plastic cord clamps or cord ties, but these are consumables and are often supplied separately, so look for them on the contents list.