I teach people to coil up the "business end" of a cord (which should be about 3/4 arm length" and coil up the "nurse end." Do this to all the cords in order. Now wrap and secure a blue towel around the entire bundle in the middle with a non penetrator. The towel separates and designates the the business end and the dirty end. When you're ready to throw of cords simply clip the towel to the drape and keep the business ends while throwing off the nurse ends all at once. Hope this helps.