Operating Room and Sterile Processing Audits
THE BENEFITS OF AUDITS
Our team of nationally recognized Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) perform a systematic review of your facility’s surgical practices. With the goal of recognizing best practices, Advantage Support Services identifies opportunities for improvement in the areas of accreditation readiness and compliance, staff and patient safety, efficiency, and cost savings. We deliver detailed findings reports with references and recommendations to help you improve your standards of care.
AUDITS OFFERED
Conducting an audit with Advantage Support Services can help ensure compliance with industry standards, identify and address potential risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your operations, and provide peace of mind that your OR and SPD are operating at their best
Operating Room Audits
Using a 117-point platform, we provide findings in solutions from Operating Room pre-op to post-op and everything in between.
Sterile Processing Audits
Advantage’s audit team will evaluate how your facility reaches the goal of clean and sterile, on-time and complete.
SURGICAL TEXTILE LINEN
We provide an audit of your linen processes – from the point of reprocessing to patient use and in between.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT STAINING WITH WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS SOLUTION AUDITS
We deliver findings reports, root cause analysis, and solutions for facilities that may experience surgical instrumentation staining.
TRANSPORTATION FOR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS (L&D, ED, ER, and ICU) AUDITS
Advantage takes an in-depth look at every department that receives and stores sterilized instruments, and evaluates storage compliance and transport of instruments to and from SPD with suggestions for improvement.
Respiratory therapy and sleep center audits
Our goal is to ensure that your practices, and more importantly, you r documentation is ready for accreditation, and improve the delivery of patient care.
Point of USe Care (POUC), Immediate use steam sterilization (IUSS) and transportation Audits
This straightforward review examines pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative instrument and packaging compliance with AORN, AST, and AAMI standards.
ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSING AUDITS
An evaluation of how your facility handles, tests, manually cleans, verifies, disinfects, and stores the most complex medical devices in your facility: flexible endoscopes and accessories.
Durable Equipment Process Audits
This detailed audit rates your cleaning, disinfection, documentation, storage, and dispensing of durable equipment, and provides training and cost saving recommendations for your team.
What the Advantage audit team will offer you
HOW AUDITS WORK
BEFORE THE AUDIT
We will send a pre-audit questionnaire and schedule a kickoff meeting to review the questionnaire and develop an itinerary for the upcoming visit.
DURING THE AUDIT
We will review all aspects of your OR and SPD, including policies and procedures, staffing, equipment, and processes. We will also observe your operations in action to identify areas for improvement and potential risks.
AFTER THE AUDIT
We will provide a detailed report of our findings before we leave, including any potential risks and recommended solutions. This report will serve as a valuable tool for improving your operations and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
CONTACT OUR TEAM
Audit Team
Advantage’s subject matter experts audit team will provide finding reports with references and recommendations regarding compliance standards set by AAMI , AORN , CDC , and SGNA . Providing solutions to OR and SPD standards of care, our audit will assist in accreditation compliance and provide real-time gap analysis of practices, processes and products.
Angela Lewellyn
LPN, CHL, CRCST, CSPDT
Subject Matter Expert, published writer, speaker, and advocate for Sterile Processing and Operating Room
Jhmeid Billingslea
CRCST, CIS, CHL, CST, CMRP
A nationally recognized speaker for SPD, currently on the editing board for the HSPA exam review and test creation.
