Östra Hospital’s new CSSD optimizes the surgical instrument workflow
Earlier this year, a newly built Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) opened up at Östra Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. This is a collaborative project between four different parties in which Getinge is responsible for the comprehensive solution to optimize the surgical instrument workflow and reduce the risk of health care acquired infections (HCAI). In 2008, a decision was taken to build new CSSDs at all of the Sahlgrenska University Hospitals in the Västra Götaland region. New EU directives set higher requirements of the traceability of surgical instruments, and there