Industry Insights

Poll: Does your OR utilize instrument tracking system reports to facilitate decision making?

December 9, 2019 Quizzes & Polls

Whose Work is it Anyway?

December 7, 2019 Processes

Where the Data is All Made Up & the Productivity Reports Don’t Matter “I had 200% productivity tonight!” – Technician #1 “I only had 30%…

Improving Communication: The Implementation of a Collaborative SPD/OR Huddle

November 9, 2019 Communication

If you’re a Perioperative leader or a surgery coworker you’ve had the challenges of missing instruments. You arrive at 6:45 in the morning preparing to…

Customer Spotlight: The Impact of Dirty Data on Your Department

October 22, 2019 Spotlight

Facility/Position: Sterile Processing Director of a Large Health Facility in Southern California Q: What is the biggest impact of dirty data on your department? ”For…

Quiz: The Price Is Right

October 17, 2019 Quizzes & Polls

Can you guess the average cost for these 10 popular instruments? Test your knowledge and take the quiz!

Poll: Do you use instrument utilization data to justify OR/SPD budgets?

October 16, 2019 Quizzes & Polls

Definition Series: What is Data Integrity?

September 30, 2019 Definitions

The first step of understanding Data Integrity and its importance is to define Data and how it applies surgical operations. Data is information in the form of quantities, characters,…

Quiz: Can you name these surgical instruments?

September 19, 2019 Quizzes & Polls

Definition Series: What is a Preference Card?

August 27, 2019 Definitions

Preference cards operate much like a surgical passport. If an instrument tray or surgical supply is not listed on a preference card, it can’t make its way into a…

Poll: How confident is your team in substituting instruments?

August 27, 2019 Quizzes & Polls

Surgical instrument substitutes can be one of the most frustrating or beneficial aspects of tray assembly and operating room set ups, depending on the state of your count sheet data. So what does your data look like and how is it affecting your team’s confidence in substituting instruments? Share your insights with us!

Does That Unused Scissor Spark Joy? It’s Time to Marie Kondo Your Inventory

August 26, 2019 Tips

Hoarders everywhere shudder at her name. The tycoon of tidy, Japanese organizational consultant Marie Kondo, became a cultural sensation with her how-to books and eventual…

Customer Spotlight: The Impact of Dirty Preference Cards

August 19, 2019 Spotlight

Name: Randalyn Harreld Employer/Position: Former Sterile Processing Manager, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CSPM, CFER, BLS at the Medical University of South Carolina Q: How do “dirty”…

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