7 steps to reducing flash sterilization rate.
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH, reduced its rate of flash sterilization from 17% to 1.85%.Inventory was increased, and one-of-a-kid instruments were custom manufactured. More general instruments were kept up sterile.Case scheduling was adjusted to avoid demand for one-of-a-kind instr...
| Published in: | Same-Day Surgery Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 108 - 110 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Relias LLC
Oct2008
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |