title: Lean: tackling waste in the sterile supply area.
authors.forename: Tonya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D013242:Sterilization / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000382:microbiology; D014481:United States