CONF-22-Livia-Sentes-Zuniga.pdf

1、The Development of the Sterile Processing Profession through the years in Mexico and Latin AmericaLivia SentiesAMEXPE,MEXICOBackground The SPDs existed since hospitals were first built They were the union of the pharmacy,linen department and the OR In the 1970s and the 1980s:Pharmacy,linen departmen

2、t and housekeeping were often consolidated in one area:“Central Supply”There was not much standardization:most people learned on the job from others in the department The majority of products that were being processed by CS,were now being manufactured as“disposable”and sterilized outside of the hosp

3、ital Central Supply and Sterilization Departments were incorporated into the“Materials Management Department”and the processing and sterilization of surgical instruments became a small section in the departmentBackground1 In the 1990s:The development of new and less invasive surgical techniques New

4、materials and more complex devices Necessity of low temperature sterilization methods Tremendous strides in total joint and spine surgery“Loaner trays”More complexity in a department that had been relegated to the corner of the Materials Management DepartmentThe situation was not different Mexico an

5、d Latin America What had to be done to change the situation and make the CSSD visible?Research:Improvements ChangesOpportunity for ImprovementStaffInfrastructureEquipmentIndustry and ManufacturersThe Central Supply Department SituationIt was an unknown,forgotten and unwanted department:it was underv

6、aluedThe staff that worked in the CSSD,was the one that behaved badly:Place of punishment Nobody wanted to work in the CSSD The Staff&the CSSD Moreover,the staff was not trained to carry out the tasks:Many times it was the janitors staff who did the cleaning of the instruments No PPE The IFUs were u