Central Sterile
Process Management
On-site Central Sterile Management and Coaching

Surgical Endoscopy Solutions
Highly Trained On-location Surgical Technicians

InstrumentReady
Process Improvement
Customized strategies for increased equipment lifespan

InstrumentReady
Process Improvement
Operating Room

InstrumentReady
Process Improvement
GI

ReadyTracker - Tray
Manage your instrument sets

Keeping your facility Equipment Ready™ means custom staff education and training, improved coordination with the operating room, and complete trays, leaving CSD in an improved state.

Case Study: Improving Process through Collaboration

Background: A new wing that housed state-of-the-art operating rooms and Central Sterile Department (CSD) doubled the number of primary operating rooms and central sterile work space, but the overall case load didn't increase at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital (UAB).

The challenges that UAB overcame and the strategies implemented below have helped UAB, and other hospitals who are struggling with managing processes in the CSD, reach a state of readiness.

Challenges: Incomplete and inaccurate instrument trays are usually the result in a break in communication between the operating room and CSD. This break in communication can cause delayed surgeries due to problems with instruments. Also, high repair costs can be to the care and handling issues because of a lack of education and training of CS staff.

Strategy: We partner with your team to develop a customized strategy to improve surgical instrument and tray management, allowing the surgical team to focus on the procedure, and not the equipment. Customized staff education and training promotes improved coordination with the operating room, updated surgeon preference cards and complete trays, leaving the CSD in an improved state.

Results: Complete and accurate trays for every procedure results in improved operating room starts by reducing instrument and equipment related delays, minimized surgeon downtime due to instrument delays, and savings on capital equipment costs due to lost or misplaced instruments and equipment.

Read more details about the UAB Case Study...

IMS Central Sterile Process Management® - Ensuring instrument trays are complete, accurate and ready for every procedure.

Education and training for your Sterile Processing Department (SPD) or Central Sterile (CS) Team

• Your team will be individually assessed, trained, validated, and will become eligible for certification as sterile-processing technicians.
  
  
• Ongoing education will assist in ensuring that your CS process continues to run smoothly, long after implementation.
  
  
• Improvements in surgical-tray management, as a result of a well-trained CS staff, will give the surgical team more opportunity to focus on the procedure, not the equipment.

Process improvement that streamlines CS services

• Preference cards will be updated periodically to increase surgeon satisfaction.
  
  
• Trays will be routinely complete, accurate, within weight guidelines, and reflective of surgeon preferences.
  
  
• Delayed surgeries due to problems with instruments will be minimized.

Cost-justified pricing with long-term benefits

• Efficiency and effectiveness are routinely measured and benchmarked to ensure improvements in all CS processes.
  
  
• Instrument restoration costs are reduced through improved care and handling throughout all aspects of instrument set flow.
  
  
• Increases in CS efficiency provide opportunities for increased procedure volume- leading to increased revenue potential.

Working with your SPD team, Central Sterile Process Management turns CS in to true "Customer Service." Call 1-800-783-9251 or contact us online to find out more about Central Sterile Process Management.

Case Study:
UAB Hospital - Central Sterile Partnership: Improving Processes by Collaboration