SterilTek Professional Consulting Services

Sterile Processing Capacity Planning Services | Sterile Processing Assessment Services
Leadership Coaching/ Mentoring Services | Sterile Processing Improvement Services
Sterile Processing Education and Training Services | Sterile Processing Consolidation Services

While investment in OR capacity has continued to rise, more and more healthcare executives are realizing that the ability to grow surgical suite revenue is directly dependent on their Sterile Processing Department's ability to safely, efficiently, and cost effectively handle the growth with increased sterile processing volume.

SterilTek, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of STERIS Corporation, can provide you with a variety of professional services that focus on improving the efficiencies between the OR and the entire instrument reprocessing cycle, ultimately helping you to achieve your goal of operational excellence. With our comprehensive financial, clinical, and operational expertise in instrument reprocessing, SterilTek will assist you in identifying opportunities for operational improvement and implementing any necessary changes.

Sterile Processing Capacity Planning Services
SterilTek Capacity Planning Services help identify and develop long-term plans for Sterile Processing Departments,
including: equipment planning, space requirements, conceptual drawings, and operational and financial goals.
We'll assist in developing an operational plan that will help ensure that your Sterile Processing Department is ready
for the future with the ability to provide 100% Clean and Sterile, 100% Complete and 100% On Time instrument
sets and service.

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Sterile Processing Assessment Services
SterilTek's Sterile Processing Assessment service is designed to review your current processes and practices for surgical instrument reprocessing. This assessment will allow us to make recommendations for process improvements in your workflow and instrument management. We will also review your policies for compliance to governing standards.

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Leadership Coaching/Mentoring Services
 In order to achieve an effective working environment with a shared mission of ensuring positive patient outcomes, there needs to be a collaborative relationship between the operating room and sterile processing staff. An understanding of the roles and responsibilities within each department, as well as the challenges that provide opportunities for improvement, can promote a team approach. Commitment by the operating and sterile processing staff to provide 100% clean and sterile, 100% complete instrument sets, and 100% on time surgical instrumentation, assures that each patient receives the same standard of quality of care during their surgical procedure.

SterilTek Professional Consulting Services provides leadership coaching services to new managers as well as existing managers who may need additional education in managing their departments. SterilTek consultants provide hands on leadership coaching with lengths of engagements from 30-90 days with additional time as needed.

Leadership coaching includes:

  • Day to day operations
  • Development of a quality monitoring system to include key performance indicators
  • Process improvement strategies
  • Operational objectives and goals
  • Financial planning and monitoring
  • Performance improvement, staff development and education, developing and achieving expectations
  • Clinical processes to ensure adherence to accrediting agencies
  • Development of effective relationships within the department and with ancillary departments
  • Management Operating Systems

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Sterile Processing Improvement Services
SterilTek Process Improvement Services can help your Sterile Processing Department deliver 100% Clean and Sterile,
100% Complete and 100% On Time surgical instrument sets and service. SterilTek is experienced in designing and maintaining Sterile Processing Departments workflow to meet your expectations, adhere to clinical standards, develop competent staff, and staying within budget. From initial assessments to hands-on improvement work, SterilTek gives you
the ability to handle increased surgical volumes in a professional and productive environment.

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Sterile Processing Education and Training Services
SterilTek Education and Training Services can be customized to suit your individual education and training needs. Education and training are vital to operating and managing the Sterile Processing Department of today. SterilTek,
through our education and training services, can ensure your staff is properly educated to meet the demands of today's
reprocessing surgical instrumentation challenges.

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Sterile Processing Consolidation Services
SterilTek Reprocessing Consolidation Services are designed to support the strategic expansion of your surgery and Sterile Processing functions when projected surgical growth volume exceeds current reprocessing capacity. Consolidated reprocessing can free up valuable revenue-generating space within your facility, which can lead to the development of instrument reprocessing as a core competency for a hospital system. SterilTek's consolidation assessment can help you better understand the financial and clinical impact a consolidation can have on your hospital system.

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