When an NHS hospital urgently needed a new endoscopic decontamination facility to help regain its JAG accreditation, there were a number of obstacles to overcome. Thankfully, the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch – part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - is now well on the way to achieving its goal. The Clinical Services Journal met endoscopy unit manager, Marek Waliszewski, to find out more.
The Alexandra Hospital was in a dilemma. With little capital funding available, an innovative solution was required to develop a new endoscopy reprocessing facility that would meet the requirements for JAG compliance, and ensure associated revenues from endoscopy procedures remained.
It was at this point the hospital approached Getinge to take on the project as a turnkey solution. The Getinge Managed Service (GMS), part of the Getinge Flexible Commercial Solutions (GFCS) offering, enabled the hospital to take advantage of total project management and transform a vacant clinical space into a new JAG compliant endoscopy reprocessing facility.
Marek Waliszewski, endoscopy unit manager at the Alexandra Hospital, explained the drivers behind the project: “We had endoscopic washers that were desperately in need of replacement. The staff had worked hard to keep them in working order but regular repairs and the associated down-time were impacting on our endoscopy capacity on the Alexandra site.
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