Stocking Around the OR
What should be the "source of truth' for all hospital supply changes, but is usually not due to bad data practices, substitutions, recalls and conversions.
What is an item master?
When pulling supplies for a case, this reference tool could be considered the 'recipe' for the case.
What is a preference card?
The RN responsible for patient safety and documentation during surgery. This person also leads the surgical 'time out.'
Who is the OR Circulator/Circulating Nurse?
Who is the Capital Team?
The process for recording supplies used for billing.
What is charge capture?
The minimum and maximum inventory quantities kept on hand.
What is a Par Level
Process where all supplies, instruments and personnel are in place and ready to execute a procedure safely and efficiently.
What is Procedure Readiness?
This department is integral in the management and sterilization of instruments used in surgery.
What is Sterile Processing Department or SPD?
This division supports the SPD space, including instrumentation and trays, as well as wrap, cleaning supplies and pouches.
What is the CMP division?
What is a KPI?
A needed supply item is not available, could be for various reasons.
What is a Stock Out?
This person should be working at the 'top of their license' and minimally involved in the case pick process.
What is a clinician?
This key person prepares instruments and assists the surgeon during surgery.
What is the Scrub Tech / Surgical Tech?
The Periop team supports a procedure specific module that contains all items needed for a case. What is the full name of this item that can be distributed in a box or a fold-over sealed pouch?
What is CDS (Complete Delivery System)?
Reviewing packs, standardizing supplies in packs and ensuring pack to shelf alignment are all examples of this perioperative solution.
What is Supply Compression / Standardization?
An inventory strategy focused on minimizing on-hand stock.
Ensuring that information scanned or recorded at point of use is correctly represented in the item master as the 'source of truth,' with visibility across all platforms.
What is Data Validation?
This person wears many hats and is the ultimate multi-tasker. He/she may scrub cases, manage schedules, deal with staffing issues, all while ensuring on-time starts and focusing on patient safety protocols on a daily basis.
What is an OR Director?
This team manages how and when supplies are distributed to a hospital. They onboard new customers and can support infrastructure and labor projects throughout the hospital.
What is SCO - Supply Chain Optimization?
Process used to identify gaps within the perioperative, SPD and supply chain areas that may have a direct impact on procedure readiness.
What is a Perioperative Assessment?
A two-bin system that uses 'visual cues' for reordering supplies.
What is a KanBan System?
Items that are important to a procedure and may vary widely between surgeons, based on surgical technique, instrumentation company, patient type or surgeon preference.
What is a Physician Preference Item / PPI?
This ancillary department(s) may be near the OR where procedures take place, however they may/may not use preference cards.
CVOR, Endo
This team is critical for successful perioperative projects, such as utilization reviews of packs and instruments and are also involved in product conversions. Most have years of OR experience as nurses, surgical techs and/or administrators.
What is the clinical solutions team?
Preference cards and accurate charge capture have a direct impact on this supply chain practice.
What is inventory decrement?