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Rick Wells: Root Causes of Instrument Damage, Custom Trays and Justification, The Dangers of "Business as Usual"

Rick Wells: Root Causes of Instrument Damage, Custom Trays and Justification, The Dangers of "Business as Usual"

FromBeyond Clean Podcast


Rick Wells: Root Causes of Instrument Damage, Custom Trays and Justification, The Dangers of "Business as Usual"

FromBeyond Clean Podcast

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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Oct 30, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on Beyond Clean we speak with Rick Wells, President at SolutionWells, LLC, which is a consulting company that engages with hospitals and businesses to help identify and reduce unnecessary costs.  Rick is an Experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry for 31 years. Segment 1 - 03:00 Rick's Career Background Reducing Human Error Transportation and "Non-critical touches" Segment 2 - 19:55 Altru Hospital Custom Tray Study Reduced Repair Spend 32% in the first 3 months Instrument Failure Rate - Reduced from 18% to 3% Segment 3 - 37:05 Root Cause Analysis Reducing Repair Occurrences Creating A Sustainable Environment Articles Referenced in this episode: HPN Article - Altru Hospital Study Vendor Vantage Article: Why 'business as usual' is bad for business - and the bottom line Join us next week when our guest will be Mary Ann Drosnock, Manager of Clinical Education for Endoscopy with Healthmark Industries. Click To Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher
Released:
Oct 30, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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