Full circle
At the end of sterilization cycles, staff members in the instrument stor-
age area scan barcodes on blue wrap bundles and rigid containers to
record where the instruments are kept, including specific locations
along shelves in assigned rows. When the surgical team needs to pick
sets and individual instruments for case carts headed back to the ORs,
they know exactly where the items are located. It's an efficient start to
a process that's about to be repeated yet again.
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Mr. Voigt (mark.voigt@centracare.com) is the coordinator of
processing and sterilization at St. Cloud (Minn.) Hospital.