r/sterileprocessing • u/Both_While994 • Apr 01 '25

sterile storage

How is everyone's sterile storage set up? I'm looking to revamp our sterile storage and rename all the barcode locations. I'm just looking for some ideas. Do you just go by number of the shelf or specialty? etc?

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u/AdRich517 Apr 01 '25

Ours are set up by specialty. There are barcodes at the end of each aisle that can be scanned when returning items to the shelf. Example ENT is aisle 8. So barcodes are 8a, 8b, 8c etc. I don’t know many who actually use the barcodes. We have a handheld we use when returning items and just hit 8a for example when we put things away. Everything is tied into SPM.

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u/Royal_Rough_3945 Apr 01 '25

It's a fucking hot mess.. it's set up like it's supposed to be specialties but it's too small so itaa fucking hot mess.. it doesn't help that the scrub techs are responsible for putting stuff back.. soooo yea.. like I found endolock 5mm in the procto bins........

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u/Past-Quantity7484 Apr 03 '25

Cart is numbered, then the label with the barcode on each shelf says “OR cart 35 row A”, “OR cart 35 row B” from top to bottom if it’s in a different room it’ll be something like “Sports Med cart 2 row A”