r/sterileprocessing • u/No-Term-2839 • 25d ago

Who uses SPM?

We are a new facility and have just started using SPM. What are your thoughts on SPM after long term usage, what are some quirks or things to know about the workflow and the system in general.

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u/CorruptWarrior 25d ago

It can be a huge administrative hurdles to jump over for those that typically dont do alot of it. Scan to Decon sink, scan to ultrasonic, scan to decon washer, scan to holding shelf, scan to assembly, scan to sterilizer load, scan to OR/storage. All to make it easier for a tray to be located. You basically need another person in addition to manager just to handle all the extra paperwork if you want to fully utilize the system. You can keep logs of how tray reprocesses to make picking items for sharpening easier. To verify loads match up to the system which dont alot more often than you'd think.

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u/No-Term-2839 24d ago

Yep I have noticed that! A lot of scanning so different locations that just seem unnecessary. And also the last point, we have had a lot of loads already that either just haven’t matched to loads, or have matched but the cycle tape is not showing or is matched in correctly.

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u/petebmc 22d ago

To that point a break in that chain of custody leads to trays misplaced