Michael
Where Do They Go From Here?
For your peel-packed instruments, it’s a journey. They may get waved goodbye from sterile processing, but they still must travel through the continuum until they are deployed onto a sterile field for use. Their longest stay is almost certainly on the shelves and in the bins of the OR Core storage areas. Here they will…
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Why the Reps are in the Room
Beyond providing important emotional support, a primary reason (in addition to product expertise) reps are so necessary is because they are often the surgeon’s most reliable “preference card.” I recently heard a surgeon describe their rep as the only reliable constant between all their different hospitals. In addition to making sure the correct instrumentation and…
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Why So Dry?
Proper cleaning, rinsing, and drying of medical devices are critical steps to successful low temperature sterilization. While the importance of cleaning is obvious to most people, why is drying so significant? To understand this, we should first discuss how water behaves under low pressure. Low temperature sterilization starts by evacuating the chamber of all its…
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Wrapped Rules
While there are a few options for storing sterilized instrumentation, the most common is blue wrapped instrument sets. While blue wrap is easy to use and can accommodate almost any size item, it can be prone to ripping, tearing and contamination, so let’s discuss some ways to help ensure the integrity of wrapped instrument sets….
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