Budget Considerations for Decontamination and Sterilization

By Barbara Ann Harmer

Last quarter, part 1 of this 2-part series spoke to the decontamination phase of reprocessing. Budgeting appropriately for your identified needs and those that are not expected is key to the success of your instrument reprocessing. The focus of this article will be to discuss the budget considerations for sterilization, looking again at labor, utilities,…

Testimony on ONE TRAY®- Director of Perioperative Nursing

By kschlachter

“With our old container system, we relied upon a different technology to sterilize our retina lenses. That process took about 24 hours, meaning we could use a lens for a single case and that was it for the day. We are now performing up to eight retina cases a day when our retina physician is…

Communication is Key in Sterile Processing

By kschlachter

Hospital sterile processing departments are a mystery to many, sometimes including the surgeons who rely so heavily on their services. Lori Ferrer, who serves as the director of Systems Central Sterile Services Department at M Health Fairview in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has spent decades improving the efficiency of such departments through communication and tours. In a…