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nstrument tracking
systems do a lot
more than ensure
that only properly
decontaminated,
assembled and sterilized
instruments make it back to
your ORs. They can track
instruments and their loca-
tions at any given time, link
sets and supplies to proce-
dures and patients, assign
already sterile trays to the
morning cases and dirty
trays to the afternoon cases
so surgeons are never left
waiting. They can even
measure staff productivity.
"We can find individual
trays in an instant, including those we share with our sister hospital,"
says Sara Houston, BSN, RN, CNOR, HN-BC, a staff nurse at Valley
Health System in Ridgewood, N.J.
Valley Health's system tracks trays at every reprocessing step and
assembly phase, so staff can pinpoint where they are in the process
and get an idea of when they'll be ready for the next case.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
Automated Instrument Tracking
Seeks and Finds for You
Take full control of every instrument,
implant and disposable in your inventory.
• PASSING GRADE Reprocessing tech Sophia Espinal, CRCST, rates how
well surgical members prepared instruments for cleaning and sterilization.
Valley
Health
System
