Integrating Quality Tools and Methods to Analyze and Improve a Hospital Sterilization Process

• Published in: Healthcare (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 5; p. 544
• Main Authors: Kammoun, Amira, Hachicha, Wafik, Aljuaid, Awad M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 07.05.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: cause and effect analysis (CEA); Decision making; Design techniques; Emergency medical care; failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA); Health care industry; hospital sterilization process; Hospitals; Integrated approach; Mathematical programming; Medical laboratories; Methods; Patient safety; Patient satisfaction; quality function deployment (QFD); Quality management; Quality of service; reusable medical devices (RMD); Risk assessment; structured analysis and design technique (SADT); Total quality

Healthcare facilities are facing major issues and challenges. Hospitals continuously search approaches to improve operations quality, optimize performance, and minimize costs. Specifically, an efficient hospital sterilization process (HSP) allows reusable medical devices (RMDs) to be more quickly av...