How Inspections Can Save Money and Help Patients

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Below the Hospital

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Garland Grisby is a sterile processing professional with Sutter Health and a longtime volunteer member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). In Below the Hospital, Garland speaks to the sterile processing techs, standards developers, and clinical educators who make your work possible. Their goal? Make sure that you have the resources you need to do your job.

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How Inspections Can Save Money and Help Patients

Below the Hospital

19 minutes 40 seconds

2 months ago

How Inspections Can Save Money and Help Patients

Cori Ofstead of Ofstead and Associates joins us to discuss her research paper “Impact of Borescope Inspections on Endoscope Repair Frequency and Costs.”

This landmark research shows the correlation of using borescopes to inspect endoscopes with cost and time savings. Inspections were also found to support the quality of patient care, as they allowed SPD staff to discover issues before they became a threat.

Show Notes:

1. Cori Ofstead, Abigail Smart, Larry Lamb, Frank Daniels, Impact of Borescope Inspections on Endoscope Repair Frequency and Costs https://array.aami.org/doi/10.2345/0899-8205-58.4.88