Patient safety in the modern healthcare facility relies entirely on an unbroken chain of trust between Sterile Processing (SPD) technicians, Operating Room (OR) nurses, and Infection Preventionists (IPs). While your individual tasks range from decontaminating complex surgical devices to managing hospital-wide compliance audits, your shared goal is the total eradication of healthcare-associated infections.

Use more detergent. Eliminate the rinse step to save water. Add a drying agent or lubricant after every cycle, even when it is not needed. Recycle water to reduce consumption. Add more chemicals to washers for disinfection and now add more chemicals to utility water for reprocessing.