Services (ZSVA, central sterilisation management department)

Have your medical devices reprocessed in the ZSVA of the Schüchtermann-Klinik

Primarily due to high purchase costs resulting from the current legal situation since the beginning of 2005, many hospitals and practicing physicians (also dentists) are not in a position to reprocess their medical devices according to the DIN standard requirements of the German Institute for Standardization. Does this affect you, too? Recognizing this problem the team of the central sterilisation management department / Schüchtermann-Klinik has devised a concept to bridge this gap.

ZSVA (our central sterilisation management department):

• A team of 9 qualified employees working with the most advanced machinery according to strictly standardized operating procedures and an efficient quality management ensure top quality in the reprocessing of medical devices and thus safety for the patients.
• Internal computer-aided EDP systems in the ZSVA record, monitor and document every single operation and every automated sequence including batch numbers, program parameters, employee identifications, expiration dates and storage conditions for each individual medical device.
• And the currently relevant MRSA issue receives the attention it deserves. Just as in regular everyday operation our employees protect the patients, the handling staff and themselves by applying standardized preventive measures in the procedures.
• Sterilisation via plasma (H2O2 agent) preserves thermo-labile plastic materials and guarantees a much longer service life owing to 0% fatigue of material.
• Especially for the reprocessing of endoscopic instruments we dispose of a cleaning and disinfection unit (German abbreviation: RDG). On our premises nothing is reprocessed by hand!
• Annual validations according to a standardized procedure provide that the legal requirements are observed and moreover ensure that the program parameters can be reproduced at any time.
• The steam sterilisers controlled by Windows/Java are the most sophisticated of their type series and provide a graphical display of each batch in the form of process curves and tables – in real time!
• Regular batch check for automatic washers (according to the DIN 15883 standard).
• The team participates in selected workshops and advanced training sessions at regular intervals. In so doing they will always remain competent and up to date and keep up with the latest state of technology.
• Whenever our customers have a question or an individual request we gladly advise and support them.
• What's new? You may even lease the required instruments from us now. Please ask for our prices and turn to us for advice.
• Our scope of services has already been published in the "Bazillus“ (a special supplement of the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, the daily paper of Osnabrück), which appears once every quarter (issue 04/2005).

We are looking forward to hearing from you and we will gladly prepare an individual offer for you.
Your ZSVA team of the Schüchtermann-Klinik

Contact:

Schüchtermann-Klinik Bad Rothenfelde
Ulmenallee 5-11
49214 Bad Rothenfelde

ZSVA Manager Carola Abrahamson
Tel.: 05424/641- 649
Email: cabrahamson@schuechtermann-klinik.de

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Reprocessing in 7 steps:

• Step 1: Acceptance/receipt of returned devices: The acceptance/receipt of returned devices is accompanied by the respective computerized data acquisition. Every medical device of each of our customers is stored in our IT system and will thus be retrieved.
• Step 2: Cleaning/disinfection: The cleaning/disinfection is always done in an automatic washer, unless the manufacturer of the respective medical device specifies to have it manually reprocessed.
• Step 3: Visual examination/sight check: The disinfected instrument is subjected to a visual examination, and if a deficiency is found, we will sterilise it and return it to the customer with a corresponding marking.
• Step 4: Packing: Depending on the material and/or according to the respective manufacturer instructions the medical device will be packed and prepared for sterilisation. In this step the medical device receives a new number/label for the EDP system.
• Step 5: Sterilisation: We sterilise the device either using steam or using plasma, according to manufacturer specifications.
• Step 6: Release: If the batch values correspond to the specifications of the validation, the batch will be released by our technical sterilisation assistant both electronically and in writing.
• Step 7: Return/handing out: Every customer is listed in our EDP system as a recipient and is registered with an individual cost centre number. Upon request, anytime we can furnish statistics regarding those of your medical devices that we have reprocessed for you - cost transparency for your management

We are looking forward to hearing from you and we will gladly prepare an individual offer for you.
Your ZSVA team of the Schüchtermann-Klinik