Work systems analysis of sterile processing: decontamination.
Myrtede C AlfredKenneth CatchpoleEmily HufferLarry FredendallKevin M TaaffePublished in: BMJ quality & safety (2019)
Ensuring patients and technicians' safety and efficient SPD operation requires improved design of instruments and the decontamination area, skilled staff, proper equipment maintenance and effective coordination of reprocessing tasks.