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Applying Lean methods to improve quality and safety in surgical sterile instrument processing.
April 3, 2013
Blackmore C, Bishop R, Luker S, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39(3):99-105.
Use of Lean methodology helped restructure the surgical instrument sterilization and preparation process according to human factors engineering principles, resulting in a sustained decrease in the instrument processing error rate.
