New Quick Safety on managing packaged sterile supplies and devices

Managing commercially prepared sterile supplies and devices can be challenging for healthcare organizations. To protect patients from infection and other potential harm from expired or compromised supplies and devices, organizations must:

• Identify the best location to store the supplies so that staff can readily access them.
• Ensure the supplies are being stocked to the most optimal par levels.
• Check that items have not passed their expiration dates.
• Maintain the storage area so that supplies are stored safely, kept in good condition, and protected from contamination.

A new issue of Quick Safety examines this issue and provides guidance for managing and storing packaged sterile supplies within a facility — with the goal of keeping patients safe from infection and other potential harm caused by expired or compromised supplies and devices.

Read Quick Safety.