scopes, which may weigh heavily on their functionality,” she said.


SPD essentialness and necessity Paquet, mmic, and Cruz, PRETREAT CSS, both emphasize the importance of Sterile Processing and lament that this department is often glossed over.


“The importance of the Sterile Processing Department is often overlooked in health- care. In many hospitals it is the largest cost center and has the largest impact on capacity and scheduling in the operating rooms. Lack of attention and investment in these departments by decision makers is negatively impacting the cost of healthcare,” Paquet said. The immense workload that is being


dumped on CS/SPD workers is enough to cause burnout, not to mention that many of these professionals don’t feel valid in their jobs. CS/SPD professionals are fi nally starting to gain the recognition they deserve post-COVID. “I have seen a large empowerment to our profession con- sidering that our standard practices were adopted and brought real validity to our job as a profession amongst the healthcare industry. On the other hand, I see a lot of department burnout. Especially when fur- loughs and layoffs happen, the importance of someone’s profession was truly brought into question. That they could just simply release them of their duties because they may not have understood the purpose of


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the SP professionals’ job responsibilities and impact on patient safety,” Cruz said. Technology upgrades that have been occurring over the past decade have improved and changed workfl ow in many professions. In some, it has even replaced workers. Will machines take over CS/SPD? Machines may better process, but they will not replace CS/SPD workers, accord- ing to Cruz. “I personally love the new automation systems coming out. Alleviating technicians from busy work to allow them to strive in what only they can do. For example, the machine that will string instrumentation and automatically fi ll out the pick list as the professional has completed quality, cleanli- ness and functionality inspections. I am not fearful of our job going to the robots, dare I say, because there are certain aspects that only we can achieve.” HPN


References


Healthcare Purchasing News. Water for cleaning medical devices. https://www.hpnonline.com/continuingeducation/ article/21253287/water-for-cleaning-medical-devices. Accessed April 1, 2022.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Water Infection Control Risk Assessment (WICRA) for Healthcare Settings. https://www. cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/prevent/water-assessment-tool-508.pdf). Ac- cessed April 1, 2022.


American Cancer Society. Journals, Cancer. A national quality improvement study identifying and addressing cancer screening defi cits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://acsjournals.onlineli- brary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.34157. Accessed April 1, 2022.


Joung, RH, Nelson, H, Mullett, TW, Kurtzman, SH, Shafi r, S, Harris, JB, Yao, KA, Brajcich, BC, Bilimoria, KY, Cance, WG. A national qual- ity improvement study identifying and addressing cancer screening defi cits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer. 2022. https:// doi.org/10.1002/cncr.3415. Provided by Olympus Corporation of the Americas.


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