Apparatus and method for organizing suture materials and monitoring suture needles

A suture organizer apparatus for use with sealed packets of surgical needles and sutures, opened packets for said needles and sutures, and used needles, the apparatus formed as a housing comprising three sections separated from each other by walls with at least first and second compartments in each section, the compartments separated from each other by partitions, the first compartments in all sections being mutually aligned, the second and further compartments in all sections being similarly aligned respectively, and each compartment in the first and second sections comprising walls defining a space with an opening for receiving at least one of said packets containing at least one surgical needle and suture, each compartment in said third section comprising walls defining a space with an opening and an absorbent material traversing said space, said material being impalable to cling to a needle impaled therein.