How sterile processing plays central role in success

http://www.hpnonline.com/inside/2007-09/0709-CS-BestPractices.html
Central service/sterile processing and distribution professionals may be vital to hospital performance and patient care quality, but their valuable contributions can be overlooked or not taken seriously until an infection outbreak occurs or a surgeon is rankled.
From cleaning, disinfection and sterilization to customer service, kit/pack assembly, loaner implants, maintenance and repair and quality assurance, CS/SPD could be classified as a "hub" of the organization, as one CS department billed itself.
As a result, Healthcare Purchasing News Senior Editor Rick Dana Barlow consulted with a variety of experts on the provider and supplier sides for anecdotes, tips and tools on best practices in sterile processing – on paper and in practice – as well as with some of the recent years’ winners and finalists in HPN’s annual CS/SPD Department of the Year Award.
What they had to say may be old hat for some or helpful reminders for others, but at the very least their words of wisdom should be educational and enlightening, if not inspiring.