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Awards
OR; alert the surgical staff when instruments can't be located in central
sterile so they can look for needed items in other ORs; and understand
the urgency of getting reprocessed items back to the OR and into busy
surgeons' hands.
Ms. Maloney says 3 issues have already been resolved since the
team was formed earlier this year: The custom pack inventory is
replenished to maximum par level at the end of each day, 4 RNs in
subspecialties update preference cards so they're more current and
only preferences cards needed for the day's cases are printed.
"The team focuses on education and quality, safe patient care," says
Ms. Maloney. "We're very proud of the members for their time and
effort."
— Daniel Cook
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