Processing loaner instruments in an ambulatory surgery center.
Loaner instruments often do not arrive at receiving facilities in the time frame or the condition that is needed to use them safely. Their cleaning and decontamination status may be unknown. There may be no inventory of what has been loaned or information about processing requirements for the instrument's use. These situations can create problems for both the loaning facility and the receiving facility and must be addressed to reduce costs from damage to or loss of instruments.The use of documents and checklists to verify the cleaning,decontamination, and sterilization processes used allows ambulatory surgery centers to solve these problems,cut costs, and protect staff members and patients.
Huter-Kunish
Gloria G
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Bergen Ambulatory Surgery Center, Saddle Brook, NJ, USA.
D003363:Cost Control; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007445:Inventories, Hospital; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019064:Product Packaging; D013242:Sterilization; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013531:Surgicenters; D014481:United States