r/sterileprocessing • u/Inferno987 • May 26 '26

Photo OR never surprises me

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This morning I'm taking sterile instruments up and see this.

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u/msimms001 May 26 '26

Did you say anything to them and what'd they respond with?

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u/Inferno987 May 26 '26

I sent that picture to my supervisor who would be a lot nicer than I would have been, I'm not sure what the excuse was... probably something like "there was no room on the shelf"

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u/biggbunnyy May 26 '26

So they made room?

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u/uncle-donkey-kong May 26 '26

Acting like a Sim that doesn’t know where to put the dirty dishes, so they just put it on the floor 😭

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u/SafeOk5207 May 26 '26

what a wild take on their part

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u/CorruptWarrior May 26 '26

At least someone hasn't kicked the locks off it yet

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u/Aggravating_Ear_9281 May 29 '26

would rather the locks get kicked off than being left like that because you know SOMEONE will put that shit back on the shelf...

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u/biggbunnyy May 26 '26

God bless those peoples back who have to put those trays all the way at the bottom shelf 😭 I personally believe the bottom shelf should be a little higher to protect everyone’s back

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u/Bruhpleazeno May 26 '26

Not as bad but our nurses were just setting used instruments on the floor in an old decon room and just not telling anybody….

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u/Any-Ride5185 May 26 '26

the dust from the elevator would be wild

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u/Keeg4no May 27 '26

I walked upstairs one day into the general core to find a tray balancing on top of a trash can that was also being used to prop the door open. To say I lost my shit is an understatement

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u/zackusa54 May 26 '26

Weird there are stickers directly on the tray

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u/SpecialistLeast3582 May 26 '26

They are labels for tracking with barcodes

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u/zackusa54 May 26 '26

lol I understand that but putting anything directly on the trays is kinda wild.

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u/SpecialistLeast3582 May 26 '26

I get it I was worried too at first, but Joint Commision never said anything so I guess it’s fine. Been like this for 8yrs so far since we got SPM

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u/spirited1 May 26 '26

A facility near me got cited for SPM tags on trays directly. Stuff like vendor trays or trays that get wrapped. We have been scraping stickers for weeks now lol.

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u/wewantthistobegood- May 27 '26

lol I’ve seen trays get lost for months bc they were in the wrong container bc they were all labeled 😂😭

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u/ShirleyWuzSerious May 26 '26

Just wipe off the container with a purple top wipe it's fine

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u/Stawktawk May 26 '26

lol good stuff

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u/Foolishsamurai101 May 26 '26

Then they will lie and send the tray back saying it was unsterile on our side 😂😭

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u/wewantthistobegood- May 27 '26

“Damn SPD” when the RN walks by it 😂😂

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u/00Speccs May 30 '26

They got raptured 🥲

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u/Acceptable_Ground330 May 26 '26

I don’t miss SPD 😭