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can alert you to which instruments go missing most often and when these issues occur most frequently as well as which specialties or service lines are caus- ing the most problems. With this info at your fingertips, it's much easier to create QI process improvements, says Mr. DeLuca. • Staff more effec- tively. Tracking sys- tems not only tell SPD leaders exactly how long it's taking staff to reprocess instrument trays, these systems also highlight the specific times in which your SPD is working at capacity and uncover staffing inefficiencies. For instance, a report showed Mr. DeLuca that evening and night shifts were reprocessing more instru- ments than day shifts. That info allowed him to react immediately. "Based on the report, I added staff during these busier times to remove the bottlenecks," says Mr. DeLuca. Several other advancements are helping surgeons in the OR. Combination technologies that overlay MRI or CT scans on surgical video displays provide real-time feedback of the case's progress and next steps, points out Dr. Lanzafame. Dr. Lanzafame says image-guided systems superimpose virtual ver- sions of the optimal surgical pathway over the main video image sur- F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 0 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 7 5 • ON LOCATION Instrument-tracking platforms provide the real-time data needed to identify and address bottlenecks in sterile processing departments.

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