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QuickShot 2: Improving Surgical Tracking with Naming Rules

Michael Stanton 15-Jun-2023 15:17:26

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Transitioning to an Electronic Tracking system often involves importing your existing CSSD Check Sheets and Surgical Devices data, currently maintained in MS Word or Excel. A common challenge is the varied naming of the same type of surgical instruments. 

For instance, Mayo Forceps for example, might be named in several ways:

  • 15cm Curved Mayo Forceps
  • Mayo Forceps 15cm Curved
  • Curved 15cm Mayo Forceps
  • Forceps Mayo  Curved 15cm
  •  6" Mayo Curved Forcep

Let's explore five tips on establishing a consistent naming convention for surgical instruments to simplify this process.

Introducing ScanCARE QuickShots

Michael Stanton 05-Apr-2023 14:56:49

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ScanCARE QuickShots offer a condensed version of our in-depth blog posts, summarising the key takeaways and presenting them in a quick, easy-to-read format. Each QuickShots blog will cover essential information on surgical instrument tracking, sterilization, and management, helping you stay up to date on industry best practices and innovations.

CSSD Revolution: the Impact of complex instruments on resources

Michael Stanton 10-Aug-2016 09:30:00
CSSD Revolution: the Impact of complex instruments on resources

The advances in surgical procedures and surgical instrumentation, over the past 10-20 years has been astounding. Once upon a time, just about every surgical procedure was open surgery and involved simple pivot based stainless steel instruments. These days, surgical instruments are highly complex hybrid material devices.

This has led to a quiet revolution in sterilizing departments around the world. Instruments were once simple and tray assembly straightforward.