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I
've never set foot in
your facility, but I bet I
know what's going on
in the central sterile
department. Does the
backup of case carts resemble
your morning commute? Are
reprocessing techs struggling to
return perfectly cared-for
instruments to ORs where sur-
geons want to begin cases 5
minutes ago? Is it a constant
challenge for techs to clean and
sterilize increasingly complex
devices? Yeah, thought so.
Thankfully, there are new tech-
nologies and solutions that can
help your hard-working techs
turn around instruments quickly and safely.
• Improved washers. There's no shortage of washers designed to fit
the efficiency-minded mentality of central sterile departments. The
newest models promise to give you more capacity for instruments,
better water efficiency and the ability to take on more instruments
without adding time.
• Low-temperature sterili-zation. Previously, ethylene oxide was
the method used most often in the low-temperature sterilization of
Speed Up Your Sterile Processing
New technologies and solutions that can help your
hard-working techs turn around instruments quickly and safely.
• CASE IN POINT Instrument sets can cause quite a jam if your
reprocessing techs aren't equipped to handle a high volume of work.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
Kevin Anderson, BSN, RN, CSSM, CRCST, CER | Wyandotte, Mich.
