area being terminally cleaned on a regular basis?
"You could be doing a great job of cleaning a scope, but then a tech
might lay a brush on a non-sterile towel," says Ms. Staubitz. "Or you
could be putting the brushes in containers that aren't being cleaned,
or are stored in places where traffic patterns can spread dust. That
defeats the whole purpose of everything you've done up until that
point."
6. Aim for quality over efficiency. What word best describes a
well-run central sterile department? If you're tempted to say "effi-
cient," Ms. Ofstead would like you to reconsider.
"When institutions prize efficiency above all else, central sterile techs
do what makes sense, which is to skip steps and move fast," says Ms.
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