Up to 50% of products in procedural trays go unused1, as a result of pulling too many products for a given procedure.
Once a product is opened and introduced into the sterile field, it must be thrown away whether it’s used or not. To minimize the product waste, hospital leaders should optimize custom procedural trays by creating a template of tray components. The template should include approved items on the hospital formulary, the integrated delivery network formulary or a group purchasing organization contract – as long as they’re clinically and economically sound preference items.
To make sure clinicians are on board for optimizing procedural trays and standardization, Sue Champion, RN, BSN, MBA, CNOR, Director of Clinical Operations at Cardinal Health, says to “be sure to involve clinicians in the process early on, even in the planning stage. Talk to them because they know better than anyone what work arounds they are already doing and where the efficiencies are in their process.”
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1Becker’s Hospital Review: “Want to slash supply chain costs? Don’t skip over these 3 areas”