C
omponents of some power tool sets used in the OR
suites at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
were going missing — and it was costing the facility
nearly $150,000 a year to replace them. Something had
to be done to limit the losses and preserve the occa-
sionally tenuous relationship between the ORs and central sterile pro-
cessing (CSP). The hospital's leadership decided to implement a series
of steps aimed at improving how the departments communicate and
coordinate their handling of the costly tools.
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Adam Taylor | Senior Associate Editor
5 Steps to Improved Instrument Care
Reorganized trays, team togetherness
and real-time tracking are the keys to success.
DOUBLE CHECK The OR staff at Johns Hopkins ensures
they ship complete sets to central sterile processing.
Johns
Hopkins
Hospital
