The last few blogs focused on the importance of standardization to decrease waste, remove unnecessary steps, improve turnover, and provide consistent workflow and increase efficiency. Currently, standardization and offsite processing are key buzz words for strategic plans to reduce handling and cut costs in SPD.

This week at the OR Leadership Summit, Case Medical connected with OR leaders to explore what it truly takes to achieve smoother operations, clearer communication, and reliable compliance. When communication breaks down between the operating room and sterile processing, the symptoms are easy to spot—late trays, incomplete sets, urgent phone calls, and last-minute workarounds.

Standardization can improve productivity, reduce costs, and create supply chain efficiency. Healthcare facilities are looking at the Total Cost of Ownership to reduce waste and have what is needed in stock, even during challenging times and supply chain shortages.