How a Custom Tray will Benefit Your Lab
As a clinician, you know that you are going to need a custom surgical pack that contains single-use devices necessary for medical procedures. Most surgical packs contain:
- Drapes
- Surgical swabs
- Sutures
- Surgical blades
- Wound dressing
If necessary, you can add specialized devices added to your kits such as implants and cardiac catheters. There are some labs and medical facilities that will set each item of separately and others who use custom trays. Of the two options, using custom trays has more benefits.
Saves Money
Custom trays make it possible for practitioners to carry out procedures faster. According to medical institutions who have switched to using custom trays, they have been able to increase their daily procedures by 30 to 40 percent. Custom trays also save money on the administrative side. Custom trays save time on keeping tabs on all of the inventory and ordering what is needed. Finally, custom trays will save money on deliveries. When custom trays are ordered, it can greatly reduce the number of deliveries necessary.
Saves Time
It can be very time-consuming for the staff to pick and prepare all of the tools necessary for procedures. When custom trays are used, picking and preparing won’t be necessary. Also, custom trays avoid the need to take inventory of various different instruments in stock. The time that is saved by using custom trays
Quality
Custom trays are the best option because all of the right equipment will be in the right place. There is nothing worse than a medical professional needing an instrument to find that it isn’t there. When medical facilities create their own trays, it is not uncommon for an item to be missing occasionally due to human error. This wouldn’t be an issue with custom trays. Also, because all of the instruments would be all in one pack, it would make it easier to trace the batch.
Environmental Benefits
Custom trays are environmentally friendly. The amount of waste generated by custom trays is 50 percent less than other tray set-ups.
Increased Efficiency
It doesn’t take long at all to set up a procedure when you are using a custom tray. It also doesn’t take much time to clean up after. This saves the medical facility a great deal of time both before and after the procedures. Thanks to this extra time, more patients can be seen and they can get in and out of the procedure room faster. When a medical facility works at its maximum efficiency, it will result in the facility making more money.
Setting up procedure trays is less expensive, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly than setting up trays before each procedure. Also, there is no risk of forgetting anything before the procedure, which can delay the procedure. Considering all of the benefits of custom trays, more and more medical facilities are using them today.
