STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd provides advice and support to Day Surgeries, Day Procedure Centres, CSS Departments, Dental Surgeries and Medical Practices.
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Day Surgeries and Day Procedure Centres are required to have an infection Prevention and Control program in place that ensures the health and well-being of patients, staff and visitors. The program should meet the requirements in National guidelines, applicable Australian Standards and the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd can assist your Day Surgery or Day Procedure Centre meet these requirements by supplying you with policies, procedures, audit tools, education packages and other resource materials that can be customised for implementation in your facility.
Terry has travelled extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Scandinavia, Europe [France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium] and the United Kingdom, visiting Sterilising Service Departments wherever she goes.
Terry is aware of best practice requirements in CSSD design and operation, not only from the Australian perspective but can advise on the best practices currently in place in the United Kingdom, where millions of dollars have been spent in developing best practice guidance documents on CSSD design, Operating Suite design and in CSSD operational processes.
Managing and operating a sterilising department is complex and challenging, requiring those working in this area to have not only well developed management skills, but also sound technical knowledge or reprocessing procedures involving physics, chemistry, biology, microbiology and engineering. In addition, to appreciating the principles of logistics and quality management systems.
Let Terry help you review the systems and processes in place in your sterilising department, examine customer relationships, make recommendations and suggest improvements.
Dental, Podiatry and Office-based Practices are required to follow AS/NZ4815:2006, with recognition of various other applicable guidelines specifically written for the industry sector.
Terry visit your practice, observe and audit your reprocessing procedures and where appropriate, advise the team on more efficient or effective ways of doing things, resulting in both time and cost savings while improving patient and staff safety.
Terry offers consultancy advice and education services to the medical industry.
ACORN recommends that practice audits using tools are conducted for each of the twelve standards, as a minimum on an annual basis. The assessment tools may be used more frequently to support local quality improvement programs and the collected results will contribute to the evidence requirements for national standards accreditation.
STEAM Consulting can assist facilities meet compliance standards.