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Ideas Work
That
W
ith all the pressure cen-
tral sterile staff are
under to keep cases
flowing through high-volume facili-
ties, the last thing you want to do is
give them an excuse to avoid
retrieving a much-needed back-up
instrument. And if your back-up
instrument room is a disorganized
mess, busy staff simply aren't going
to waste their precious time hunting
through the clutter. That's why we
went to great lengths to ensure
every SPD staff member can find
needed back-up instruments in sec-
onds. We created an alpha-numeric
grid system and placed a location
key directly adjacent to it for staff
to reference. The instruments are
wall-mounted and arranged hori-
zontally by letter and vertically by
number. They're also listed alphabetically in the storage location key.
So, for instance, if someone needs a perforating towel clip, she simply
has to look under "P" on the key, see 1K as the location and follow the
easy-to-navigate wall-mounting grid to locate the tool. No more scour-
ing through disorganized bins!
William DeLuca, CRCST, CHL, CIS
Mount Sinai West
TOOL ORGANIZATION
Smart Storage for Back-up Instruments
• EASY TO FIND Mount Sinai West's ultra-organized back-
up instrument wall and location key let staff find needed
tools in seconds.
New York, N.Y.
william.deluca@mountsinai.org