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MOCK SURVEY An accreditation consultant can help you prepare for survey day by putting you and your staff though a mock survey.
processing was unable to provide the OR with instruments on time,
and that SPD can make or break a surgical facility."
So she took a look at outsourcing the job. A lot of companies were specialists — for example, reprocessing only laparoscopic instruments. But Rex Healthcare needed a comprehensive service. She
found one that could "manage the process with a well-defined and
clearly articulated solution that would meet our expectations."
This is how it works: Instruments come up to the OR in closed case carts. When a procedure's over, the OR staff place instruments in
bioenzymatic solution, close up the case carts and send them to SPD. The outsourced staff are actually in-house, and they take the process
