Healthmarket Digest
July 2011

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Bench Pressing

The past week's stories seem to have a shared underlying theme - setting a standard for performance. This is often referred to as benchmarking. Of course, the AAMI release of their benchmarking program for sterile processing departments is the most obvious example in the news. But other stories also allude to efforts to set a standard for performance based upon research and upon past performance. 

 

Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's performance to the best practices of others in an industry or profession. Often times the greatest challenge is finding the reference metrics to use. Sometimes institutions decide to benchmark against their own performance metrics. This can make sense for a couple of reasons. First, each institution (or individual) is unique and outside measures of performance may not apply. Second, and more practically, the data for internal performance is readily available. External data may not be available, or may be very expensive to acquire. 

 

Great value, however, can come from comparing performance to that of others trying to accomplish similar goals. Such an exercise can force an organization (and individuals) to look at things in a new way and recalculate the definition of a "job well done."  Ultimately, a mix of establishing internally and externally derived benchmark metrics is probably the best solution.

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Ralph Basile 

Vice President - Marketing  

Healthmark Industries Company, Inc. 

 

News Headlines

 

 

Microbial Load on Instruments in 'Clean' Surgeries Reinforces Need for Antibiotic Prophylaxis: The number of ort...

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ASEPTIC SURGERY FORUM, 2012, April, Tuesday 3th & Wednesday 4th, Paris, Espace Champerret; Make your plans Now...

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Understanding channel and lumen sizing; metal staining...

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Adverse surgical events are down across VA medical centers thanks to comprehensive staff training implemented in 2006...

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Should Commitments Made to the FDA Be Taken Seriously?

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AAMI has officially launched its new online benchmarking platform for sterile processing departments...

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Comment on new Fed Reg - Standard Operating Procedure for Notice to Industry Letters...

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FDA Announces Public Workshop - Unique Device Identification for Postmarket Surveillance & Enforcement, 9/12-9/13...

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Program Emphasizes Importance of Standard Precautions Observance: Researchers in France report on a program call...  

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Have Your Hand Hygiene Improvements Hit a Plateau?

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Best Hospitals 2011-12...   

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AAMI/FDA Device Reprocessing Summit Registration...

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Tip of the Week

 

IAHCSMM has issued a position paper and a sample policy for management of loaners. In line with the goal of benchmarking, these documents represent the best practices in the industry when it comes to meeting the challenge of proper management of instrument loaners.

 

IAHCSMM Position Paper on the Management of Loaner Instrumentation  

 

IAHCSMM Loaner Instrumentation Sample Policy & Procedure

 
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