| What is your greatest resource for instrument
information? |
| Internet |
| manufacturers |
| Vendors |
| sales reps |
| on line |
| manufactueres instructions |
| Internet |
| Instrument vendors |
| The mfr |
| Our sales reps |
| google |
| SEMINAR |
| VENDOR/ INTERNET |
| Subscriptions |
| supervisor |
| Cataloges |
| IAHCSMM |
| The manufacturer and their
web site if cleaning instructions are posted. |
| web sites |
| New IAHCSMM program |
| Vendor prodect manuals |
| the internet |
| Attending seminara and reading
books and articles on the subject |
| manufacturers |
| VENDORS, LOCAL CS SOCIETY'S |
| the vendors & manufacturers |
| Jarit |
| SEMINARS |
| Instument Reps |
| Vendor |
| magazine and books |
| Indrustry Reps |
| books |
| manufacturers and journals |
| online training or seminars |
| Mfg. & Vendor |
| Manufacturers |
| Internet |
| IAHCSMM Magazine |
| spd educator |
| Internet |
| Internet where I often find
references to written info |
| Textbooks and specific vendor
information |
| The company itself |
| Manufacturers |
| manufacturers |
| Website information |
| Vendors and AAMI |
| vendors |
| Manufacturers,and the Internet |
| manufacturer |
| instrument vendors |
| read the packing when it
come with the new product |
| the internet/magazine articles |
| manufacturers recommendations |
| manufacture |
| Manufacturers/reps |
| seminers |
| The manufacturer |
| magazine articles and inservices |
| network/vendors |
| manufacturers |
| sometimes the information
is in a notebrook marked for the company such as Storz and sometimes
the information a a particuliar item cannot be found such as processing
of a high powered greenlight. |
| Details that come with instrumentation
purchase. |
| IAHCSMM/CBSPD/MANUFACTURERS |
| manufacturer |
| magazine articles |
| IAHCSMM |
| jarit instrument catalog |
| instrument specialist |
| central service manual |
| Supervisor |
| manufacturers and vendors |
| Manufacturers |
| i have no answer |
| vendors |
| magazine articles and internet |
| Vendors and nursing |
| vendor |
| Combination of vendors,
seminars, AAMI, FDA, CDC |
| Internet and the manufacturers
guide lines |
| co-workers |
| AAMI |
| Vendors due to the technology
of instrumentation anymore |
| TEXTBOOKS |
| Instrument Catalogs |
| Vendors |
| iahcsmm |
| books |
| manufacturers |
| Vendor |
| O.R./ CPD senior staff |
| AAMI and Mfg for new devices
(those that will provide it) |
| Seminars |
| manufacturer |
| Experience w/ hands on inst.
cleaning, asembly, and repacking. |
| Manufacturer |
| Seminars |
| My coworkers are very helpful. |
| manufacturers |
| Do not have one |
| cst course |
| IAHCSMM & my local chapter
networking |
| Internet |
| The internet |
| manufacture |
| textbooks |
| IAHCSMM Communique |
| MANUFACTURERS |
| Seminars, vendors and manufacturers |
| vendors/manufactures |
| Sales rep |
| Our Instrument Specialist |
| company |
| manufactur sales represenetive |
| Vendors/Manufacturer/IAHCSMM |
| Other hospitals / Staff |
| sales reps. , internet sites |
| MANUFACTURERS |
| vendors |
| Healthcare Purchasing news,
IAHCSMM magazine |
| manufacturer |
| The Mfg |
| manufacterer |
| CIS Course |
| Vendors and Manufactures
guide |
| the internet, vendor catalogs |
| no comment |
| internet |
| margazine articles |
| IAHCSMM |
| dept. meetings |
| BOOKS |
| textbook and instrument
catalogs |
| Manufacturer |
| reps or attending seminars |
| demanding vrndors bring
all of the information needed to do a good job |
| COORTINATO |
| vendor |
| surgical instruments manufactures |
| vendor |
| Manufacturers |
| from the manufacture the
instrument came from |
| Books From Vendors or companies |
| Vendors |
| Vendor |
| Instrument Mfg's |
| v.mueller |
| repair vendors |
| My supervisor and book in
the department |
| IAHCSMM MAGAZINES |
| Vendors |
| good |
| Venders |
| Sales Reps |
| Iahcsmm and AAMI |
| Iahcsmm and AAMI |
| iahcsmm conferences |
| communique |
| manufactor |
| the company |
| Immediate supervisor...not
a nurse |
| manufacturer |
| Manufacturers |
| VENDORS |
| SUPERVISORS |
| vendors |
| internet - spectrum, kmedic,new
CIS notebook&workbook |
| anything coming from the
companies |
| internet |
| Vendors |
| manufacturers representatives |
| Inserts from vendors |
| textbooks and helping friends |
| manufacturers |
| documentation from the manufacturer |
| need the training |
| IAHCSMM |
| my director |
| from vendors |
| internet |
| IAHCSMM Instrumentation
Course |
| inst. catalogs |
| on line tools and manufacturers |
| Vendor |
| Vender catalog books |
| This web site and the publication
that comes in the mail. |
| our instrument tracking
system |
| qa specialist and sales
reps |
| assistant manager and lead
technitions |
| Vendor manufacturer |
| Instrument vendors & manufactures |
| IAHCSMM SEMINAR AND LOCAL
SEMINARS |
| other area hospitals and
the sales rep's |
| aorn |
| manufacture |
| manufacuturers |
| Instrument Repair Service
People |
| Vendors |
| the vendors, catalogs, |
| vendors |
| the surgical processors
in my department who have many yrs experience working with the instruments |
| WWW |
| central service organizations
and vendor pictures |
| vendors and manufactors |
| books |
| manufacturers |
| various manufacturers and
our repair service-IMS |
| seminars and textbooks |
| the manufacturer |
| internt-iahcsmm |
| manufacturer |
| manufacturer |
| web |
| internet websites |
| Manufactors |
| manufacturer |
| Peers and Manufacturers
via the internet |
| manufactuers |
| internet |
| TEXTBOOKS |
| education coordination |
| manuals |
| co-worker,books and vendor |
| sales rep |
| SEMINARS, TEXTBOOKS WORKSHOPS |
| books |
| literature that comes with
new instruments |
| Trade magazines/catalogs |
| books and magazines word
of mouth seminars |
| Vendor |
| seminars |
| vendors |
| instrument books |
| vendors |
| Manufacturers Guidelines |
| Vendor |
| Your website |
| my various magazines; Reps;mfgrs;
(#2 ques. can have many answers. I rely on many resources |
| manufacturers |
| manfuactor |
| magazine |
| maufactures instrument books |
| Internet |
| good reps |
| MANUFACTURER |
| VENDERS |
| Others working in the same
industry |
| Hands On experience and
Referance Books |
| INSTRUMENT MANUFACTOR |
| Vendors and manufacturer's
data |
| manufacturers |
| Sales Reps |
| CATALOGS, VENDOR WEBSITES |
| vendors |
| working with scrub techs |
| manufacturers/ vendors |
| internet |
| vendor catologs so that
we can look up the names of instruments |
| books and other people |
| Inst vendors |
| internet |
| COMPUTER |
| Vendor rep |
| Sterile Processing Educator |
| vendors |
| vendor |
| internet |
| Internet |
| Manufacturer |
| The Manufactuer of the instruments/reps |
| Instrument Reps |
| vendors |
| The Manufacturer |
| Department policy/procedure |
| manuals |
| internet |
| VENDORS |
| one on one wiyh manufactures/dealers |
| manfacturers |
| seminars |
| inservices |
| vendors also the company
that makes the instr. |
| our educator for SPD |
| Vendors / manufacturers |
| training |
| Cardinal health textbooks |
| vendors |
| Vendor |
| Manufacturer |
| My co-worker and My best
Manager |
| Manufacturers |
| vendors |
| rep |
| HOSPITAL |
| Manufacture catalogs; direct
contact with manufacturer technical support |
| internet |
| internt |
| textbooks |
| instrument manufacturers,
IAHCSMM |
| books and pamhets that come
with the items |
| the instrument vendors |
| MANUFACTURER |
| provided instrument books & on
job |
| educator |
| Manufacturers |
| Sales Rep's |
| vendors |
| Instrument Manufacturers |
| online |
| manufacturer |
| manufacturer's recommendations |
| vendor |
| Vendors, books and online |
| My textbook of instruments. |
| our boss |
| textbooks |
| Instrument Room Technician |
| VENDORS |
| Manufacturer |
| Vendors |
| Internet or Vendor info. |
| Manufacture |
| cleaning |
| The communiqu'e and talking
to the sales rep. of companys. |
| Regulatory standards |
| OR |
| Recent AAMI standard course
in San Antonio by Steris |
| AAMI standards or Manufacturer |
| catalogs |
| Device manufacturer's instrument
instructions |
| myself and reading |
| books |
| Rep from the company |
| Our Cordinator for our instruments |
| vendors and instrument book |
| internet |
| COMMUNIQUE /COMNUATION BROAD |
| The vendor of each inst. |
| instrument manual |
| communique |
| vendors |
| internet |
| research |
| manufactuer recommendation |
| companies/suppliers of instrument |
| Jarit Instruments catalog |
| The maufacturer |
| Manufacturers instructions.
AORN also. |
| Manufacturers |
| IAHCSMM |
| My repair vendor and medical
device OEM. |
| Vendors/Manufactures |
| venders |
| Manufacturer of the Instrument
or IAHCSMM |
| books |
| Manufacture |
| Vendors |
| Instrument Repair Service |
| CCSA |
| looking in text books learning
from other employees |
| INTERNET/ VENDORS/ BOOKS |
| VENDORS |
| staff that have been there
a long time |
| manufacturer |
| internet |
| none right now |
| the manufacturer |
| manufacturer, when you can
get it |
| vendors that are selling/manufacturing
them |
| The manufacturer of the
item. |
| aorn & IAHCSMM |
| comunique |
| magazine articles and the
internet |
| all vendors MUST bring the
information with them |