The Compound Effect of Instrument Tray Rationalization

"Today’s hospitals have not yet realized all the possible benefits of implementing process improvement practices from the manufacturing world."

Applying lean methodology to the management of surgical instrument trays could provide significant cost savings for hospitals. There's a compound effect related to reducing the number of instruments that may save US hospitals up to $5 billion per year.

A data-driven approach to rationalizing instrument trays will reduce expenses by decreasing room setup and turnover time, sterile processing assembly time and personnel costs, and asset purchasing needs due to instrument degradation.

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