title: Contract processing and sterilization.
abstract: Contract processing and sterilization has a number of advantages to offer hospitals. In order for a hospital to realize those advantages it must be able to accurately assess its needs and the effect the service will have on its bottom line. There is a good future for contract processing and sterilization services. Hospitals that have taken this approach do not return to in-house instrument sterilization. The "what happens if the truck breaks down" and "will surgeons accept standard trays" questions are finding answers in effective management of this important contract service.
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Morganstern
mesh_terms: D002495:Central Supply, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D008722:Methods; D013242:Sterilization / Q000592:standards*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States