Michael
Are Bigger Hospitals Safer? Not When it Comes to Surgical Instrument Reprocessing
There has been a tremendous amount of buzz recently over The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article showing that bigger hospitals do not equal better patient outcomes. Well, welcome to the party NEJM. Those of us cleaning, sterilizing, and supplying surgical instruments and equipment to Operating Rooms in these large hospitals could have told…
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Thank You, Errors: Connecting the Dots on Surgical Instrument Reprocessing Challenges
Spend one day in a busy Sterile Processing department and you will be confronted with the critical impact errors can have on a surgical workflow. These surgical instrument reprocessing errors can lead to everything from minor inconveniences to life-threatening “never events.” Forgotten indicators, incorrect light cord attachments, reversely assembled retractor handles, and bone-laden rongeurs —…
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