| 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 |