Current status of management of central sterile supply department of 2 271 hospitals in China
OBJECTIVE To understand the current status of management of central sterile supply department(CSSD)of the hospitals in China so as to propose scientific bases and reference for carrying out WS 310.1-2016'Hospital Central Sterile Supply Department Part 1:Management Standards'.METHODS The questionnaire was designed based on the re-quirements for the standards.The head nurses or directors of CSSD were recruited from secondary and tertiary hospitals of 31 provinces,autonomous regions and municipalities of China from Oct 18,2021 to Oct 22,2021.The questionnaire was filled out by Wenjuanxin of Wechat.RESULTS Among 2 271 hospitals of which the CSSD were included in the sur-vey,96.21%carried out the centralized management of reusable medical instruments in the CSSD,and 87.36%carried out the working mode of centralized disposal of all surgical instruments in the CSSD.The CSSD of 86.53%of the hospi-tals were directly under the management of nursing department,the percentage of CSSD nursing staff of 64.44%of the hospitals was more than 50%.26.36%of the hospitals were equipped with lower exhaust pressure steam sterilizers,and 35.27%of the hospitals were equipped with ethylene oxide sterilizers.3.61%of the hospitals were equipped with low temperature steam formaldehyde sterilizers.69.76%of the hospitals offered the specifications of water treatment equip-ment.The CSSD of 88.11%of the hospitals achieved the quality tracing management of aseptic articles with centralized treatment,and the CSSD of 51.87%of the hospitals achieved the informatization quality tracing.The CSSD of 41.08%of the hospitals offered the out-hospital disinfection and sterilization service.CONCLUSION The centralized management is widely carried out in the CSSD of China,the percentage of the hospitals with cleaning,disinfection,sterilization and dr-ying equipment is relatively high.The management of informatization quality tracing system needs to be improved.The CSSD capable for offering the out-hospital cleaning,disinfection and sterilization service can offer the service after the as-sessment of safety risk and guarantee the quality of aseptic articles.