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Process Improvement
Customized strategies for increased equipment lifespan

InstrumentReady
Process Improvement
Operating Room

InstrumentReady
Process Improvement
GI

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Manage your instrument sets

Custom staff education and training, improved coordination with the operating room, and complete trays, leaving CSD in an improved state.

Case Study: Maximizing Budgets Through a Reduction in Instrument Failure

Background: Parkland Health and Hospital System had a sudden spike in repair costs on flexible scopes. This acute increase in repair costs prompted questions surrounding care, handling, and readiness of the endoscopic equipment.

Process improvement programs that include customized plans for minimizing the instances of instrument failure and improving the management and restoration of instruments on a category basis are accomplished through education and training. IMS representatives focus on the instruments that cause you the most frustration while allowing you to focus on the patients.

Instrument Process Management addresses one or a combination of these instruments and equipment:

• Rigid Scopes
• Flexible Scopes
• Power Equipment
• Laparoscopic Equipment
• Phaco and Ophthalmic Instruments
• Camera Equipment and Fiber Optic Equipment
• Specialty Instruments

Challenges: High repair costs, few on-time starts due to instrument failure or readiness. Insufficient knowledge of instrument and equipment inventory and repair status. Improper care and handling of instruments.

Strategy: Incorporate IMS Proactive Maintenance®, staff education, competency validations, inventory assessments, and schedule trend and progress reviews with your team.

Results: Minimizes repair costs by decreasing the incidence of failure through IMS Proactive Maintenance® and competency validations. Improve operating room starts by reducing instrument and equipment related delays. Savings on capital investment costs due to lost, damaged or misplaced instruments. Assurance that equipment is ready when the surgical team is ready to operate.

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InstrumentReady® Process Improvement - Custom staff education and training, improved coordination with the operating room, and complete trays, leaving CSD in an improved state.

Understanding your inventory:

Together, we will assess your inventory to understand equipment status and needs before moving forward.

Conducting a proactive readiness review:

Using proprietary field-testing kits, we will conduct a baseline analysis of equipment functionality to address specific needs.

Performing a departmental evaluation:

Through observation of a department's processes, practices, and environment, we can evaluate equipment flow through all of its various "touch points" and understand areas for educational focus and process change.

Providing targeted staff education and competency validations:

Once we thoroughly understand your needs, we can provide tailored educational programs and continuing education opportunities to your team. Competency validations prepare your staff to perform certain core functions that may be screened by JCAHO or AAAHC. Proof of individual employee validation is provided for educational records.

Reviewing trends and progress:

Comprehensive history reports and financial analyses are reviewed frequently to ensure that equipment readiness is increasing as a result of InstrumentReady® Process Improvement efforts. InstrumentReady® Process Improvement progress is reviewed annually- or more often at your request.

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Keep your instruments and equipment ready to perform when your surgeon needs them. Call 1-800-783-9251 to implement IMS InstrumentReady Process Improvement or contact us online.

Case Studies:
Tulane University: Restoring Instrument Readiness after Hurricane Katrina
Columbus Regional Hospital: Instrument Process Management Increases Efficiency in GI
Parkland Health and Hospital System: Instrument Process Management Drastically Reduces Flexible Scope Repair Costs