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Total responses to date = 375. Answers were as follows:
| At your facility, who is responsible for communicating with instrument repair vendors regarding repair information and decisions? | ||
| Answer | Count | Percentage |
| No answer | 0 | 0.00% |
| Surgery | 73 | 19.47% |
| Central Service | 239 | 63.73% |
| Other | 63 | 16.80% |
| Where do you obtain education regarding surgical instrument cleaning and sterilization? | ||
| Answer | Count | Percentage |
| No answer | 0 | 0.00% |
| Instrument Vendors and Manufacturers | 223 | 59.47% |
| Magazine Articles | 24 | 6.40% |
| Seminars/Workshops | 57 | 15.20% |
| Internet | 11 | 2.93% |
| Textbooks | 27 | 7.20% |
| Other | 33 | 8.80% |
| Would you say education regarding surgical instrument processing is: | ||
| Answer | Count | Percentage |
| No answer | 0 | 0.00% |
| Easy to obtain | 221 | 58.93% |
| Difficult to obtain | 154 | 41.07% |
| What is your greatest resource for instrument information? | ||
| Answer | Count | Percentage |
| CLICK TO VIEW ANSWERS | 375 | 100.00% |
| No answer | 0 | 0.00% |
| What is the biggest cause of errors in your instrument processing system? | ||
| Answer | Count | Percentage |
| CLICK TO VIEW ANSWERS | 375 | 100.00% |
| No answer | 0 | 0.00% |
| What type of education/information do you feel would benefit your department's instrument processing system? | ||
| Answer | Count | Percentage |
| CLICK TO VIEW ANSWERS | 337 | 89.87% |
| No answer | 38 | 10.13% |
Our thanks to all those who responded.
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