NIH R01 · 2025
System Optimization for Advances in Sterile Processing
Sterile processing departments (SPDs) clean and pack reusable surgical instruments. They directly affect productivity, efficiency, safety, and infection control within acute interventional care. About 15% of surgical instrument trays have missing, broken or dirty instruments, that can lead to surgical site infections and a range of safety, procedural, and inefficiency problems. Rather than being the fault of individuals, our prior funded R03 Work Systems Analysis demonstrated a range of performance-shaping factors and the need for staff and administrators to balance of multiple interacting system components and resources. We propose to extend or R03 work to develop interventions, improve…
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