Central Sterile Supply Service

Service Location/City Pan India Payment Mode Offline/Online Service Duration 2 Days Service Mode Offline Central sterile service department (CSSD): -CSSD is also called sterile processing, on central supply department is an integrated place in hospitals and health care facilities that performs sterilization and other actions on medical devices, equipment and consumable.· It is also for subsequent use by health workers in the operating theatre of the hospital and also for other aseptic procedures.E.g. Catheterization, wound stitching and bandaging. In a medical, surgical and maternity or pediatric ward.CSSD Divisions: -CSSD is divided into five major areas.· Decontamination· Assembly & Processing· Sterilizing· Sterile storage· StorageDefinition:-CSSD as that service, with in the hospital catering for the sterile supplies to all departments both to specialized units as well as general wards in OPDS.AIM:· Centralizing the activities of receipt, cleaning, assembly, sterilization, storage and distribution of sterilized materials from a CSSD.· Safe sterilization is done under controlled condition with technical supervision at an optimum cost.· To provide an efficient, continuous and quality supply of sterilized material to hospital in various areas and infection free patient care.· Contributes to reduction in hospital infection.· To reduce the burden of work of the nursing personnel, thereby enabling them to devote more of their time to patient care