instruments are packaged to ensure steam sterilization parameters are
met. Every peel pack instrument in the facility has been repackaged.
"We took an inventory of everything that we had in the house and
asked ourselves if we really needed all of those instruments sitting
there on the shelf," says Ms. Acosta. "They were crammed into little
bins. You'd pull out one and you may get three or four of them."
So now only the necessary instruments are available and they're all
categorized: all the ortho instruments are together, all the ENT instru-
ments are together and all the spine instruments are together.
"Now everybody in the department knows the sections," says Ms.
Acosta. "So if I'm in ortho, I can go over to the ortho section and look
through those instruments."
The hospital also conducts an annual safety tour, which begins dur-
ing new staff orienta-
tion. The tour starts
with a walk-thorough
of every department
and outlines where
the fire exits are as
well as the locations
of the fire extinguish-
ers throughout the
hospital.
The hospital mainte-
nance department
organizes a yearly fire
safety review and gets
participation from the
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