Author: kschlachter

STUDY RELEASE: If you aren’t a believer yet, you should be now. This study release shows the inevitable savings in the OR and CS departments with the use of ONE TRAY® and EZ-TRAX™. 57 minutes saved PER CASE, a reduction of $249,245 reduction in OR and CS Processing costs, and a reduction of waste from…

Name: Kathy Kurtz Role: Central Service Supervisor Facility Name: Parkview Surgery ONE How many years you’ve been in Sterile Processing? 20   What’s your story of how you got into Sterile Processing? I was working in the Worker’s Compensation Ortho North East (ONE) and there was a position that became available.  I had always wanted…

CS Week Superhero Highlight: Sabrina Sechrist Sabrina is a fierce advocate of her people and her department. She recognizes the important role Central Sterile Processing takes in her facility, and she takes tremendous pride in answering the phone and solving problems all day long.   Name: Sabrina Sechrist Role: SPD/ORMM Manager Facility Name: PennState Health Milton…

Kicking off CS week 2020, we are highlighting an SPD superhero: Seherzada Prasko (Dada). Dada’s enthusiasm for Sterile Processing matches her love of continuing education. She is conscientious, humble and is a great example of the type of person you want to work with everyday.     Seherzada Prasko – Dada Supervisor Sterile processing department Geisinger…

There are three different instructions for use that need to be considered when preparing a medical device for sterilization: the sterilizer, the medical device itself, and the packaging system. The FDA requires that medical devices be tested in just one type of packaging system and on this week’s release of the Beyond Clean Vendor Spotlight…