I am currently collating some information regarding Benchmarking and Best Practice. I am interested in exploring the area of categorising instrument trays and packs with regard to their expected workload impact. Is anyone aware of any published studies on this matter. I am aware that factors such as Departmental Layout, availability of Mechanical Processing Equipment and Staff Expertise will also impact these issues, but I am particularly interested in Categorisation of trays based on factors such as instrument count, instrument complexity and manual processing requirements.

Tom Mitchell

Hi Tom,

A partial answer to your question might be found in the answers to question Q00015.

Regards,
Pete Bobb

To anyone,

Would anyone be interested in being involved in a working group to establish relative "Work Units" for instrument trays, based on the following factors:

1. Number of Instruments on Tray
2. Number of Instruments requiring dis-assembly and/or manual processing
3. Familiarity of instruments on tray
4. Difficulty of Inspection/Testing
5. Level of experience of staff in Department

Please feel free to contact me either through this site or private response to my email address

Tom Mitchell