tors to consider when
designing and con-
structing a SPD, you
also need to design
the layout to improve
staff safety and effi-
ciency.
Mr. Voigt says his
department features
individual worksta-
tions in the decontam-
ination area. The work
areas are clean, organized and stocked with needed cleaning supplies
and tools. In order to cut down on unnecessary movement, which
wastes valuable time, each workstation is within steps of the washing
stations where techs place instruments after they've manually cleaned
them.
His hospital also invested in pass-through washers and pass-through
autoclaves so that the decontamination area is completely separate
from where sterilized instrument sets are reassembled and stored.
"That's important because it protects patients," says Mr. Voight. "It
eliminates the risk of staff grabbing a tray that's prepped for steriliza-
tion, but not yet sterile."
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M A R C H 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 5 1
• ON THE MOVE Installing your decontamination room close to your ORs makes it
easier to maintain a constant flow of instruments between the areas.
Mark
Voigt
