scope begins. When the scope is scanned and
received by SPD, staff now know how long
the scope has been waiting to be disinfected.
If the time goes over an hour, causing biobur-
den to harden, an extended cleaning time is
required that includes an extra hour of soak-
ing before cleaning begins.
• Hard stops. The nurse or tech, with scope
and paper form from SPD in hand, says, "I
have a [type of scope] that's been cleaned and
high-level disinfected." The proceduralist
says, "I agree" (or something similar). The
team confirms the scope's serial number and
verifies with the attached paperwork that it
has been cleaned and high-level disinfected.
After agreement, the "Clean" white tag
attached to the scope is removed. In the EMR,
the nurse documents the serial number,
model number and validates it was confirmed
by the team as "Ready for Use." A laminated
pause reminder is posted in both procedural
rooms and ORs.
Culture change
"If there was an error with scopes, it would
be automatically blamed on SPD," explains
Ms. Betti. "We really worked on putting a
solid, reliable process in place that takes out
that 'blaming' mentality and becomes more
of a collaborative, solution-based approach."
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