Sterile Processing Services
Experience Data-Driven Patient Safety With Sterile Processing
With more than 30 years of healthcare experience, Crothall uses disciplined sterile processing protocols to enhance safety, minimize errors, and reduce costs.
90%
Audit compliance improves by approximately 90%
50%
Reduce process errors on average up to 50%
62%
Productivity gains as high as up to 62%
Crothall is the only national service provider offering Sterile Processing. The sterile processing service we bring you combines 30 years of healthcare experience, clinical discipline, plus best practices we’ve learned from all of our service lines to create the most efficient and effective process.
The Crothall Sterile Processing Services Difference
Predictable Outcomes
Standardizing sterile processing protocols drives quality control across your system. Our time-tested LEAN methodology and continuous improvement initiatives across your sites deliver improved clinical satisfaction and a positive KPI trajectory.
Disciplined Protocols
Crothall Sterile Processing adheres to standards and compliance audits to ensure accuracy and improve productivity.
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Audit Compliance
With quality assurance in steam, gas plasma, ozone, and ETO sterilization methodology, clients’ compliance factor improves by approximately 90%.
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Productivity Improvements
Monthly productivity gains as high as 62% have been experienced as measured by the number of instruments and trays processed. Crothall trains and develops staff for maximum productivity and tray accuracy. Training includes competency evaluation and continuing educational in-service tutorials.
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Error Reduction
Errors decrease by 25-50% on average – some as much as 84%.
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Workflow Optimization
Centralized management removes duplication of effort and establishes standards that all processes must adhere to. Expenses are controlled, and quality of service is improved.
Greater Satisfaction
Staff Communication
We meet one-on-one with your physicians and perioperative staff to make sure the service model is meeting their needs. We regularly facilitate end-user surveys and quarterly business reviews to gather feedback and formalize performance.
Patient Safety
ECRI research named Device Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization as Concern #5 of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2020. When your staff have instruments that are ready to handle any procedure, infection incidence declines and patient outcomes improve.
Fully Managed Sterile Processing Services
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Stay Regulatory Compliant
Improve your compliance factor by about 90%.
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Improve Productivity
Increase the amount of instruments and trays processed per month by as much as 62%.
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Reduce Errors
Our clients report an average of 25-50% fewer errors, with some experiencing as high as an 84% decrease in errors.
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Centralize Sterile Processing
Centralized management creates workflow optimization by removing duplication of effort and establishes standards that all processes must adhere to. Your healthcare facility expenses are better controlled, while also being able to provide patients with a high-quality service.
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Enhance Patient Safety
Our standardized protocols reduce patient safety hazards by ensuring your instruments will always be adequately cleaned, disinfected, and sterilized.
Solutions For You
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Services We Offer
Get the support you need to deliver high-value care across your healthcare organization sustainably.
99%
Medical Device Uptime
99.5%
Service 99.5% of 1M medical devices managed across 3,000 unique manufacturers and 30,000 models
Maximize uptime with customizable clinical engineering, HTM, biomed & diagnostic imaging repair services.
6%
Improve HCAHPS scores by 6% on average
30 years
of experience cleaning and disinfecting in healthcare
550M
sq. ft. cleaned daily
Effective hospital-grade cleaning and disinfecting solutions for acute and ambulatory care facilities.
Half
the total maintenance mean cost of ASHE/IFMA benchmarks
92%
of the time favorable preventative maintenance vs. reactive maintenance to assets
Stay regulatory ready, mitigate risk and ensure safe, efficient operations with integrated healthcare facilities management.
24/7
One-to-one 24/7 patient sitting
0
Zero patient falls
15-min
15-minute status updates for high-risk patients
Crothall patient sitters create a safe and stable environment for high-risk patients and provide the long-term support you need to reduce labor costs while protecting your clinical team’s bandwidth.
10.5
million transports annually
90%
of requests responded to in 10 minutes or less
24/7
Dedicated 24/7 dispatching call center
7
Second average call response time
Safely transport patients and free up nurses while delivering capacity and revenue improvements.
90%
Audit compliance improves by approximately 90%
50%
Reduce process errors on average up to 50%
62%
Productivity gains as high as up to 62%
Enhance safety with a disciplined and standardized system for equipment sterilization and disinfection.
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