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Ideas. Experiences. ViewPoints.
Is your CSSD still at the baggage carousel?
Radhika Bawa, Founder of Esbee Dynamed, opened a recent talk at ISHACON with a question most CSSD heads will recognise immediately: how much of your day goes into searching versus managing? For most sterile stores in India today, the...
Pivot Smartflow featured in Medical Buyer
Pivot Smartflow has been featured by Medical Buyer, one of India's leading healthcare and medical technology publications. The coverage highlights how Pivot Smartflow closes that gap with a barcode-driven platform that tracks every surgical instrument from...
The quiet discipline behind every safe surgery: celebrating National CSSD Day
Every surgery that goes well carries an invisible signature: the work of the Central Sterile Supply Department. No patient meets the CSSD team. No family thanks them in the waiting room. And yet every instrument that touches a patient — from a simple forceps to a...
Precision Beyond the Beam: Why Surgical Instrument Etching is a Science, Not Just a Service
When hospitals look at the cost of laser etching barcodes onto surgical instruments, it is easy to view it as a simple "point and click" procedure. However, marking a medical device that has already spent years in circulation—enduring high-heat sterilization and...
The “Golden Mean” of Laser Marking: Why Barcode Longevity is a Shared Responsibility
In the world of surgical asset tracking, there is a common misconception that laser etching is a "one-and-done" commodity service. Hospitals often ask: "Will this mark last forever?" The honest answer isn't a simple yes or no. The efficacy of a laser barcode is a...
ROI or COI
Hospitals speak the language of Return On Investment (RoI). When evaluating any new technology, a key criterion is the expected ROI. How many tests / procedures can be performed with the said technology? What is the useful life? What revenues can it generate? When it...
“Just In Case” Inventory
One issue that older hospitals face with surgical instrument inventory is that inventory gets managed on a “Just in Case” basis, rather than “Just in Time”. i.e. A hospital starts carrying more inventory than required, just in case the surgeon demands or just in case...
What gets measured, gets managed!
One way to achieve cost savings in the CSSD department is to reduce wasted cycle of costs, not just in terms of human labour, but also material costs including packing material, indicators, utilities such as water, electricity, etc. These costs could amount to...
What’s New In Pivot Smartflow V3.0?
Pivot Smartflow does more than tracking instrument inventory. Our new improved Sterilisation Station can now help you track all your sterilisation cycles - including Bowie Dick Cycles that you run everyday. Gone are the days when you had to staple your cycle log to...
10 Things to evaluate when considering a Surgical Instrument Tracking System
Implementing a Surgical Instrument Tracking System at your hospital is a strategic decision with long term implications for all users as well as managements. These are our 10 recommendation when evaluating one.