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- Specializing In
- effective process improvements,
- the education of staff to meet competency
requirements,
- work flow improvements,
- error rate reduction,
- increases in staff productivity
and expertise levels,
- expert witness service to appropriate
legal cases, and
- architectural recommendations for
department renovation or new construction.
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 Is it time for your
JCAHO survey?
- If the FDA, JCAHO, State Health Department,
or OSHA "dropped-in unannounced" would you be compliant
with the numerous Standards that apply to the Sterile Processing,
Supply Distribution and Central Supply?
- Is your record keeping system complete
and in compliance as required for all in-house sterilized items?
- Are you able to "track" all
in-house sterilized items to the patient on which the item was
used?
- Are you prepared for a recall of sterilized
items in the event of a positive BI?
- Is your CS staff competently trained in
the proper cleaning, decontamination and sterilization of the
expensive equipment you are purchasing? Are they certified
as Sterile Processing and Distribution Technicians? If not, are
you paying for errors through the cost of repairs and the "down-time"
of instrumentation and equipment?
- Is your EtO Policy and the monitoring
of your staff in compliance with OSHA and the EPA or State regulations?
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Services
- Assessments, facility design (educate
architects in relation to specific CSPD needs)
- Benchmarking to "like" facilities
with "real world" experience
- Implementation of Recommendations - we
don't just leave you with a "list" of your problems,
you know most of those, and we will assist you in implementing
solutions.
- Review of all policies, procedures and
work processes performed by the sterile processing/CS and supply
distribution staff in the areas of communications, safety, decontamination,
packaging, preparation, assembly, sterilization, and infection
control.
- An analysis of the work flow between the
sterile processing/CS and its customers, including comprehensive
examination of case cart management practices.
- An investigation of communications practices
between the sterile processing/CS and the OR staff.
- Recommendations for the appropriate level
and distribution of the CS/sterile processing and supply distribution
staffing based upon the assigned mission, functions, and the
workload of the department.
- Evaluation of the current and required
education and training needs of the staff to execute required
duties.
- Review of productivity measurement activities
in the department, with observations on shift and individual
staff differentials.
- An analysis of the organizational and
leadership structure of the CS/sterile processing department,
including a perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of individual
staff personnel.
- Analysis of error rates in the performance
of work for surgical services.
- Review and comment on the level of instrumentation
that is either "lost" or requires repair before it
can be reused.
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