SPD and Supply Chain- Aligned at Last?

SPD and Supply Chain – Aligned at Last? ReadySet Surgical Staff Writers For most matters, there is an inherent conflict between the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) management and hospital Supply Chain management. Fairly or unfairly, Supply Chain is often branded as the people who say, ‘no’ to requests. Plenty of stories exist about SPD professionals doing…

Solving Collaboration Challenges with a Loaner Management System

SOLVING COLLABORATION CHALLENGES WITH A LOANER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Central Sterile (CS) professionals often cite lack of effective collaboration with other departments as a major opportunity area in their hospitals. This makes sense because CS departments are so integrated into a hospital’s work flow, they necessarily interact with and support a wide number of other departments…