Storage

By applying a buffer system at the CSSD you get a more control over the sterilization process. The FOSKE platform uses the Hospital Information System (HIS) to determine which nets and baskets are given priority and which nets and baskets can be temporarily stored.

The storage system CSSD has a double function. On the one hand, the ready nets can be temporarily stored, so that the washing racks can be immediately returned to the dirty room. On the other hand, the process-logic is realized in the further process from the storage of baskets (for example, the urgency handling, collecting distribution location, sterilization batches, etc.). This is how demand-driven work becomes a fact.

• Completely safe due to extensive contamination control research
• Process optimization (managing capacity, smoothed division of labor over the day, handling urgency)
• No more separate racks for nets necessary in the department
• Nets are stored in a closed warehouse with stable environmental influences
• Safety, both for the user and for the product, is guaranteed
• Space-saving storage in height
• Never lose a basket again (track & trace)

By applying a buffer system in the operation rooms (OR), you get extra control over the material flow of the instruments.

The storage system in the OR efficiently stores packed sterile baskets near the operation rooms and makes them available as soon as they are needed.

• Completely safe due to extensive contamination control research
• Minimize search activities
• No loose open storages
• Nets are stored in a closed system with stable environmental conditions
• Space-saving storage in height
• Full traceability of instruments, nets and baskets possible

The cleaned empty transport carts are transported from the cart wash to the loading station. Empty transport carts can also be supplied (e.g. for endoscopes). The sterile basket stacks are automatically destacked, inspected by means of vision, scanned and fed into the loading station.

Based on current network information from HIS (e.g. department, prioritization), the baskets are automatically placed in the transport cart or buffer rack (in the loading station) by a pick & place system. Transport carts that are ready (filled) are automatically exported to the sterile lock ready for collection.

In summary, the loading station for transport carts offers the following advantages over existing situations:

• The physical strain on the CSSD employees is greatly reduced (heavy lifting and pulling movements are eliminated)
• Optimal loading of transport carts (baskets clustered per department, urgent handling)
• The transport carts are loaded automatically
• No more separate racks for nets/baskets necessary in the department

The unloading station transport carts receives incoming trolleys (filled with baskets of dirty instruments) from the OR into the dirty lock of the CSSD.

The transport carts are automatically fed into the unloading station and the baskets are automatically removed from the transport cart, scanned and placed in a buffer rack (inside the unloading station). Empty transport carts are automatically fed into the cart wash (empty transport carts can also be entered, e.g. empty scope carts).

Based on up-to-date network information from the HIS (e.g. status, prioritization), the baskets are prioritized and offered at working height to the CSSD employee in the dirty room.

The unloading station for transport carts offers the following advantages compared to existing situations:

• The physical strain on the CSSD employees is greatly reduced (heavy lifting and pulling movements are eliminated)
• Process optimization (managing capacity, smoothed division of labor over the day, handling urgency)
• The transport carts are automatically unloaded
• No more separate racks for nets necessary in the department