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A WALK IN OUR SHOES Central Processing Department Unit Practice Council Members

Mindy Casadei, Jason Tikkanen, Lona Emery and Damon Hill, Jr.

VISION

INSPIRATION

Special Thanks To: Annemarie Rodriquez, Barbara Penprase, PhD, RN, Central Processing Department Super-user group

•COMPETENT

•CONFIDENT

•FRIENDLY & HELPFUL

•IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS

•SHOWCASE AND PROMOTE CPD

ACTIVITIES THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS

DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

EXPERIENCE.

•UPC

•PRESENTATION TO CLINICIANS

AND LEADRSHIP

•OPEN TO OTHERS: STUDENTS,

INCLUSIVE

•BUILT INTO ORENTATION

•IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF URGENCY FOR

CUSTOMERS

•CUSTOMERS UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEXITY

AND TIME REQUIREMENTS

•IMPROVED DIALOG – OR/CPD UPC’S MEET

QUARTERLY

•A WALK IN OUR SHOES PROGRAM FOR CPD/OR

•REGULATORY PROCESES

INFRASTRUCTURE

EDUCATION

EVIDENCE

HIGH LEV

CPD DISINFECT

DU

OR DU

HAND

WASHER WASH

SCAN STERRAD

WRAP STEAM SCAN

CREATE LOAD

ENTER SIMS

WRAP SIMS STEAM VACS

STERRAD

I.W.

BIOLOGICALS

INPUT DATA

OTHER DEFAULT

COOLING LOADS AND ITEMS

QA & WAITING TO OFF LOADED

RECORD

OR CART STORAGE

CPD STORAGE SCAN TO DEFAULT

LOCATION

Process Scope: [The time a process starts to when it ends].

Legend:

Process Manual System

Input

TerminatorConnectDecisionDocumentManual

Process

Separate

Process

OR SCAN IN SETS

AND CC

SORT AND

SEPERATE

The process goes on 24

hours a day, 7 days a

week, 365 days a year.

Did you know CPD • Is responsible for over 900

different sets

• Over 3000 trays

• Over 750 loaners per month

• Sets range between 10 – 450

instruments each

• Average 130 instruments per set

• Processes > 140,000 individually

wrapped instruments annually

• The Average technician handles

approximately 4500 instruments

per day and over 1 million

instruments per year!

Being Sorted

Off to work we go…. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

Mindy Casadei at mcasadei@crittenton.com