Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Subscribers

Going Green for the Greater Good - March 2020 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

Issue link: http://outpatientsurgery.uberflip.com/i/1218942

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 61 of 124

easily spends more than $1 mil- lion in basic instrumentation." Rigid containers are designed to keep even your most delicate instruments safe and secure with customizable posts, dividers, brackets and sprockets. This is especially important for particu- larly vulnerable tools. "Microsurgical instruments are so delicate, you have to do everything you can to protect them from damage," says Ms. Chobin. She points out that a customizable rigid sterilization container tray for eye instru- ments can include a small tray where each instrument can be secured in its own sprocket. "Because of the design of the inside of the basket, you're able to put these microsurgical instruments through the washer in a way that you never have to touch them by hand," says Ms. Chobin. "The instruments are no longer damaged." While rigid containers do provide greater instrument protection, it's up to you to make sure you purchase models that are right for your facility (see "Get the Most From Your Vendor" on page 40). 2. No more tears With rigid containers, you don't have to worry about the rips and holes that facilities cite as a major problem with blue wrap. That's a significant plus. "It's a huge inconvenience every time wrap is torn 6 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • M A R C H 2 0 2 0 Nancy Chobin, RN, AAS, ACSP, CSPM, CFER • FULL STACK When you stack blue-wrapped instruments, the weight can create air pockets and holes, and compromise the instruments' sterility. Rigid containers, however, are designed to be stacked.

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Subscribers - Going Green for the Greater Good - March 2020 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine