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Quality Medical Device Manufacturing
A number of studies related to the savings, cost-effectiveness and waste reduction- oriented choice to move to Sterile
Container Systems have been performed and reveal savings of up to 70% from eliminating the need for case wrap, dust covers,
and the need to assign staff to reprocessing or reorganizing processed instruments in view of how well-secured the instruments
remain through the sterilization process.
The reduction in use of blue wrap serves to reduce landfill waste, which translates to reduced need for waste hauling by any
given facility, which is yet another way organizations can realize a cost savings in switching to Sterile Container Systems.
Staff time can be utilized more efficiently due to the elimination of additional hands on staff needed to perform the wrapping functions.
A similar assessment reveals that once the first year capital investment is made for the conversion to Sterile Container Systems,
the remaining container and related accessories acquisitions are easily incorporated in to an existing monthly budget, yet the resulting
extraordinary savings realized both from the eliminated costs of the blue wrap and tape, coupled with the elimination of the costs
associated with disposing it, resulted in a win-win choice to switch to this green approach to Sterile Processing Management.
It was further noted, following this conversion that less sets had to be re-processed as there were no concerns related to tears
in the blue wrap. On the frequent occasions this would occur, it resulted in substantially increased departmental expenses consisting
of disposal costs, staff hours required to re-wrap, re-process and checking wrappers for holes and tears, as well as frustrating issues
with wet loads.
The positive impact from greening the environment of these facilities is ultimately cost-effective, time-efficient, and sustainable for all
Sterile Processing areas.
and the need to assign staff to reprocessing or reorganizing processed instruments in view of how well-
The reduction in use of blue wrap serves to reduce landfill waste, which translates to reduced need for waste hauling by any
given facility, which is yet another way organizations can realize a cost savings in switching to Sterile Container Systems.
Staff time can be utilized more efficiently due to the elimination of additional hands on staff needed to perform the wrapping functions.
A similar assessment reveals that once the first year capital investment is made for the conversion to Sterile Container Systems,
the remaining container and related accessories acquisitions are easily incorporated in to an existing monthly budget, yet the resulting
extraordinary savings realized both from the eliminated costs of the blue wrap and tape, coupled with the elimination of the costs
associated with disposing it, resulted in a win-
It was further noted, following this conversion that less sets had to be re-
of disposal costs, staff hours required to re-
The positive impact from greening the environment of these facilities is ultimately cost-
GREEN INITIATIVE