1、Engineering Risk Management into Action:A Six Sigma Model for improving inventory management and implant safety.Name:Michelle OdayanRN.Grad.dip Critical Care,PG Cert Infection Prevention&Control,Cert OR Nursing.Background&Key Studies:Implant Safety Challenges 1.Reprocessing of loaned surgical instru
2、ments/implants in Australia and Brazil:A survey of those at the coalface Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple Dayane de Melo Costa Lillian Kelly de Oliveira Lopes Dulcelene de Sousa Melo Junnia Pires de Amorim Trindade Karen VickeryPublished:October 14,2021 DOI:https:/doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2021.09.003Loan
3、ed surgical devices reprocessing failures were found in Australia and Brazil1.2.Costa DM,Lopes LKO,Vickery K,Watanabe E,Vasconcelos LSNOL,de Paula MC,Melo DS,Hu H,Deva AK,Tipple AFV.Reprocessing safety issues associated with complex-design orthopaedic loaned surgical instruments and implants.Injury.
4、2018 Nov;49(11):2005-2012.doi:10.1016/j.injury.2018.09.006.Epub 2018 Sep 5.PMID:30236794.Project Foundation Applying the Six Sigma DMAIC Model in Sterilization Services The projects goal was to implement the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology to optimise the inventory management of hospital/loan sets and e
5、nsure the safety of orthopaedic trauma implants.Improving compliance quality standards in the sterilization process is critical to safeguarding patient safety and preventing cross infections.By applying DMAIC principles,the aim was to streamline sterilization department processes,minimise reprocessi
6、ng cycles,reduce inspection and packing workloads.Our analysis focused on surgical implant usage and reprocessing,reducing the risk of infection due to implant degradation and the propensity for surface erosion and biofilm formation.Ultimately,this six-sigma project led to a more efficient use of st