Physician supplies
Antibiotic ointment, hydrogel ointment, petroleum jelly
Bacterial culture swabs
Bandage scissors
Batteries (including extra for otoscope, flashlight)
Cell phone
Cerumen spoons and ear irrigation kit
Face mask
Flashlight
Gauze, tape, packing materials
Gloves (sterile and nonsterile)
Glucometer, alcohol pads, test strips, lancets
Hand sanitizer
Lubricant
Otoscope or ophthalmoscope
Patient address and directions
Phlebotomy equipment
Pulse oximeter
Reflex hammer
Sharps container
Sphygmomanometer (variety of cuff sizes)
Sterile specimen cups
Stethoscope
Tape measure
Thermometer
Toenail clippers
Tongue depressor
Tuning fork
Physician supplies (optional)
Catheters
Complementary alternative medicine supplies (e.g., acupuncture supplies, osteopathic manipulation table)
Device to access electronic health record
Dictation software or equipment
Disposable bed pads
Drug identification and drug-drug interaction checker on smartphone app, computer, or a drug-reference manual
Externally worn hearing amplifier
Garbage bags or biohazard bags
Hazardous materials suit (disposable) including a mask and booties
Hemoccult cards and developer
Laptop computer with accessories
N95 disposable masks
Portable electrocardiograph machine
Saline flushes, intravenous supplies
Silver nitrate sticks
Specimen cups
Splint or casting materials, crutches, external musculoskeletal brace
Suture kit, small forceps, scalpel, staple remover
Syringes and needles
Vaccines (properly stored)
Vaginal speculum
Venipuncture supplies
Wound care supplies (i.e., sterile and nonsterile gauze, silver impregnated [antibacterial] gauze, iodine impregnated [antibacterial] gauze, methylene blue dressing [antifungal], thin hydrocolloid dressings, staples, sutures, replacement collection bags, tape, wound vacuum supplies, or other supplies based on wound care needs of the patient)
Patient supplies
CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) or other home breathing machine
Glucometer and glucose testing supplies
Home blood pressure monitor
Nebulizer
Peak flow meter
Scale
Documentation
Advance document preparation (e.g., names, phone numbers, policies, scope of services, advance directives, questionnaires, patient forms)
Billing documentation
Business and appointment reminder cards
Cognitive assessment tools (e.g., Mini-Cog, Mini-Mental State Examination, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Saint Louis University Mental Status, Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Katz Index of Independent Activities of Daily Living, Mini Nutritional Assessment [Nestle Nutrition Institute], Geriatric Depression Scale, Screen for Caregiver Burden, Clinical Assessment of Driving-Related Skills)
List of essential community resources and services with websites (e.g., https://www.caregiver.org/family-care-navigator, https://alz.org, https://familydoctor.org, http://www.HealthyAging.org, https://www.aafp.org/afp/handouts/viewAll.htm)
Medication reconciliation list
Patient record
Prescription pad, laboratory slips, radiology forms