Hospital Central Sterile Supply

The organization of central sterile supply departments.

The last few years have witnessed an increasing interest in organizing sterilization. Every new hospital now being planned in the British Isles includes provision for a central sterile supply department and many existing hospitals are also planning such departments. Several of these are likely to be opened within the next year or two. At the present rates of progress there will be few hospitals...

Rethinking Sterile: The Hospital Microbiome

Analysis of Quality Indicators of Central Sterile Supply Departments at Accredited Public Hospitals1

This study aimed to describe and analyze quality indicators of Central Sterile Supply Departments in Accredited Public Hospitals in São Paulo state and their management by those in charge of those departments. It is a multiple-case study, presenting interconnected data from three accredited hospitals in a report on cross-referenced cases. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews with t...

Development of quality indicators for sterilization practices of the central sterile supply department.

OBJECTIVE To develop quality indicators for assessing the performance of central sterile supply department. (CSSD). MATERIAL AND METHOD Quality indicators for sterilization in CSSD were searched by literature review and by current situation analysis by 79 infection control nurses (ICNs) and 83 heads of CSSD. Quality indicators were drafted and subsequently validated by 5 experts. The feasibil...

Lean: tackling waste in the sterile supply area.