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When Virginia Mason in Seattle, Wash., decided to custom-build
instrument trays based on the items surgeons regularly use, they
realized some dramatic improvements in inventory management
and case setup efficiencies. Check out these eye-popping numbers:
• 42% reduction in instrument set assembly time for neurosurgery
• 26% reduction in instrument inventory for neurosurgery
• 58,728 unnecessary instruments weighing
29,480 pounds removed from annual reprocessing
• 14 minutes slashed off instrument assembly time in sterile
processing for laminectomy cases
• 22 fewer minutes spent on OR set-up before laminectomy cases
• 33% decrease in instruments sent to the OR for total knee cases
— Daniel Cook
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Staggering Stats of Rightsized Instrument Trays
• GROUP EFFORT (left to right) Sterile processing techs Shelley Rosete, Jon Laigo and Kellie Gordley have been key
players in Virginia Mason's success with build-to-order instrument sets.
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