Surgical Carts & Equipment
Access the right tools in the OR, central core, and medical device reprocessing department.
Surgical carts and stainless equipment carry instruments through the loop that never stops: case carts move clean sets into the OR, then move soiled sets back to medical device reprocessing, every case, every day. Everything in this category is built to withstand the rigors of daily use and reprocessing. Forsyth Healthcare helps hospitals and surgical centres across Canada choose and configure surgical carts and equipment around real OR and reprocessing workflows.
Curated Surgical Carts & Equipment choices.
Surgical carts and equipment are often made from stainless steel and designed to be cleaned easily and effectively.
Products used in OR areas, like case carts, tables, stands, and various buckets, are designed to withstand high temperatures and harsh chemicals. They must be easy to wipe down and clean and must dry quickly to ensure no water is retained.
Quality options.
Case carts supply clean surgical instruments and supplies to the OR and then transport dirty items out to the medical device reprocessing department for cleaning.
Whether an open or closed case cart is used is determined by the path it must travel. Closed case carts are best for public or busy areas but open carts can be used if that path is secure.
Open or closed case carts, which fits your route?
The route decides the cart. Closed case carts protect contents wherever the path runs through public or busy areas, and their doors and latches matter when security or dust control is part of the trip. Open case carts can make sense when the whole journey stays inside controlled areas: lighter to push, faster to load and unload, and simpler to keep dry. When a route mixes both conditions, closed wins by default.
What stainless equipment belongs in an OR core?
Case carts do the moving; stainless stands, tables, and buckets do the staying. OR cores and reprocessing departments lean on stainless because it wipes down between cases, sheds water instead of holding it, and shrugs off the chemistry. The right mix comes from watching one case turnover and listing the touchpoints, then specifying from that list.
How do you size case carts around your cart washer?
The washer chamber sets the ceiling, so measure it first and work backwards to cart dimensions. At one BC hospital, Forsyth noticed that, by trimming the outer dimensions of the carts by an inch overall, which fit three carts per load instead of two and cut daily wash cycles by a third. Casters deserve the same attention, since wash cycles punish them and maintenance-free wheels outperform those that haven’t been greased.
Our Surgical carts and Equipment Solutions
SURGICAL CARTS & EQUIPMENT QUESTIONS WE HEAR A LOT
Do case carts go through the cart washer every day?
Mostly, yes. Carts hauling soiled instrument sets get washed after every loop, so the whole cart, casters included, has to tolerate heat and harsh chemistry. That daily cycle is why drainage design and caster choice separate the carts teams like from those they don’t.
Can surgical carts and equipment be customized to our facility?
Yes. Shelf sizes match instrument trays, overall dimensions match washer chambers, elevators and corridors, and options like clear doors, wide-grip cool-touch handles, security latches, and rotating biohazard indicators get specified per site. When off-the-shelf doesn’t fit, custom fabrication closes the gap.
What’s the difference between a case cart and a procedure cart?
Case carts run the loop between medical device reprocessing and the OR, moving instrument sets in bulk. Procedure carts stage supplies at the point of care for a specific task. Both roll through the hospital, but they answer different questions, and the route each one travels is the quickest way to tell them apart.