Application practice of 6S management of delicate instruments in central supply sterilization depart-ment
Objective Analysis of the application effect after using 6S management of delicate instruments in Central Supply Sterilization Department.Methods 6S management's preliminary stage from December 2022 to December 2023,then created a departmental 6S management team and organized a mobilization meeting.Formulated specific implementation steps for 6S management,accepted on-site inspection of 6S management quality by the nursing department and self inspection of Central Supply Sterilization Department quarterly,compared the qualification rate of all instruments packaging and sterille goods supply quarterly,and the timely supply rate of emergency reprocessing instruments,the difference before and after 6S management was statistically significant(P<0.05).Results The on-site inspection of 6S management quality by the nursing department found that the"seiton"in the first quarter,the"safety"of manual cleaning of employees in the second quarter,the"seiso"in the third quarter,the"safety"of on-site interview in the fourth quarter,and the quality of 6S management in the auxiliary area were quali-fied were unqualified.The qualification rate of all instruments packaging were higher than before using 6S management in the first,second,third,fourth quarters(P<0.05),and the qualification rate of sterille goods supply were higher than before using 6S management in the first,second,fourth quarters(P<0.05),and the timely supply rate of emergency reprocessing instru-ments were higher than before using 6S management in the second,third,fourth quarters(P<0.05).Conclusion 6S manage-ment can improved the key link quality and identified various problems of delicate instrument management in Central Supply Steri-lization Department,among which seiri,seiton,seiso,seiketsu is the focus of daily management.