such as large-diameter endoscopes, could be replaced with camera-
pill technology that would let patients pick up a capsule at their local
pharmacy, turn on a recording device and a few hours later retrieve
the device to send in for physician review. No reprocessing needed.
No 120 manual cleaning steps. No chance of hospital-acquired infec-
tion. Much rejoicing from reprocessing technicians who could use
that time to focus on other quality issues in their department. It's a
win, win, win.
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Customized surgical trays:
Mr. Johnson's Knee Instruments
Another glimmer in the not-so-distant future: patient-specific,
customized surgical trays, created from diagnostic patient data gath-
ered before the surgi-
cal procedure is
scheduled. Instead of
bringing in 8 generic
loaner trays for a knee
replacement with trial
sizes from pediatric
through bariatric, ven-
dors will be able to
condense this down
to one, small, com-
pact and customized
tray of Mr. Johnson's
Knee Instruments. As
with the camera-pill
technology, these cus-
tom trays would
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