Cssd Technicians

The hospital buildings are one of the most complex buildings/projects to plan, design, build, and operate. Hospital project planning involves site selection, Detailed Project Report (DPR) preparation, feasibility studies, room planning, hospital building zoning, and construction. This book provides in-depth knowledge and synchronization of the operational policies, licensing, services, equipment procurement, workforce recruitment, and establishing the set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) before the start of hospital operations. This book helps enlighten site engineers and various in-charges to plan their hospital projects efficiently, completing all the jobs and activities well in time. This book narrates all the relevant issues and details about the hospital planning and construction activities in a tabular form and explains each activity extensively. Moreover, the tables provided in the book will also help the planners and executors assess the activity's progress and the person responsible for it. The key feature of the book is a very easily understandable English language that provides the best understanding to the students of Hospital Management, Para Medical Sciences, Architecture, Site Engineers, Site Supervisors, Hospital Promoters, Planners, and Designers.

The CSSD Supervisor/Manager must always have a procedure in place to prevent time wasted in the operating theatre during the operation because a specific instrument is not in a set or an instrument is not functional. Refer to Handbook for CSSD Technicians: Understanding the Basics. This usually entails the circulating nurse leaving the theatre to find a single packed instrument or opening another set to obtain a "missing" or non-functional instrument so that the surgery can continue.If the latter occurs, more work is created for the CSSD staff because this additional (unnecessary) set must again be processed. This is usually because the CSSD technician does not know that a specific set cannot be packed without a specific instrument, or that an instrument is broken and/or faulty.That is why this book was written... to assist the CSSD technician in making informed decisions and to ensure patient safety at all timeswww.joanscssdbooks.co.za

Hospital infection is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality following any procedure on the human body in the hospital. Infection arises primarily because of lack of knowledge by the hospital staff about sterilization. Today, majority of super-specialty hospitals import very expensive sterilizing equipment. However, very little effort is made to train the people who run these machines. We must understand that the machine is as clever or as dumb as the person behind it. Unfortunately, in spite of so many advances in health care and so many advances in medical education, many countries do not have a single recognized training program to train sterilization technicians. This is our effort in that direction to come up with a formal training program to train technicians in this vital area of health care delivery system. This book shall benefit technologists and Central Sterile Supplies Department (CSSD) staff as well as medical students and hospital administrators to understand the intricacies and workings of a successful CSSD unit and contribute to hospital infection control in a large way.

This book is a tool of support for technicians to minimise the risks in theatre. It will prevent costly wastage and loss of revenue due to legal enquiries if procedures are not followed or as a result of lack of knowledge of CSSD technicians.In December 2010, a fire completely destroyed the theatre and CSSD department of a private hospital the author worked at. She was asked to get CSSD ready for a COHSASA (Council for Health Services Accreditation of Southern Africa) accreditation inspection which was in 30 days' time. After a month of hard work to get equipment and instrument sets ready as well as put systems and procedures in place, she obtained 100% from this international accreditation body. This was an incredible personal achievement.Never doubt what your personal contribution means to your department/organisation and the healthcare industry.About Joan M LosperJoan is a Registered Nurse and Midwife. Her qualifications include: Operating Nursing Science (Theatre Diploma); Nurse Administration - UWC, Cape Town; Nurse Education (Advanced Adult Education) - UCT, Cape Town. Since 2011 she was a CSSD Supervisor and currently is a Manager in a private hospital.

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