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Work-Life Balance - January 2017 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 1 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J a n u a r y 2 0 1 7 W ould you rather fly cross country in a prop plane, or a jet? Using sterilization wrap to keep instruments from contamination is like doing the for- mer. It may get the job done. But using sealed sterilization containers? That's the first-class experience. I am the sterile processing manager at Cleveland Clinic at Marymount Hospital. Of our instrument trays, around 1,000 (or 50%) are container- ized. But like all 8 regional hospitals in this network (all of which have between 8 and 16 ORs), and like our main campus (100 ORs), we're incorporating more containers all the time. I am confident this is a move that will — might as well say it — diminish hospital turbulence. • CLOSED CASE Assembly is a snap with a sealed container. All you need to do is close a lid and lock — 15 or 20 seconds. Counterpoint: Sealed Container Perry Starcovic Wrapped Instrument Trays or Sealed Containers? Two sterile processing managers debate the merits of fabric and metal sterilization packaging systems. Which Is Better:

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