Michael
It’s a Wonderful Shelf-Life
A big challenge in sterile storage is knowing whether sterile instruments or packs have been compromised, especially when there isn’t any visible damage. Two methods of tracking sterility are used for managing shelf life: time-based shelf life and event-based shelf life. In recent years a better understanding of the what causes contamination has pushed many…
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Our Productivity Metrics Are Broken: An Argument for Usable Units of Service
“I can get it to you quick or I can get it to you sterile, but I can’t do both.” Herein lies the challenge of sterile processing productivity. On one side stands quantity (speed) and on the other side stands quality (sterility). But there is another glaring issue with how we measure productivity in our…
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Mastering the Art of Recruiting: Strategies for Finding High-Performing Sterile Processing Techs
One of the risks in only hiring the best, is that the rock stars often take off and get promoted out of your department. This critique…
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