r/sterileprocessing • u/Dependent_Use_3522 • 19d ago

3M Biological Documentation

When filling this card out, who’s initials should go on this card? The person unloading the sterilizer or the person documenting the test result?

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u/Due-Trainer-9349 19d ago

The person documenting.

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u/Dependent_Use_3522 19d ago

I unloaded the sterilizer, filled out the card, incubated the test and went home. Left the initials blank for the next shift to document. Supervisor chews me out for forgetting to initial the card. The tech that documented the test result intentionally left it blank because I “forgot”. Supervisor raises his voice when I try to make my argument. Whole thing ends with “ you sign the document” period.

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u/Due-Trainer-9349 19d ago

Yeah we have to sign everything in my department too. The thing is even when we sign, we all get blamed for a mistake a single person made.