With the build enabled by business development funds from the city council and fitted out with leased equipment, the new and impressive sterile services department at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an exemplar of best practice and marks both a career high and a swansong for one of its creators.
“I was happy to leave on a high,” says Lynn Brooks, now retired and previously Trust decontamination manager. Outlining the history and equipment selection process for the outstanding facility, Lynn said: “As part of the Merseyside Joint Venture, we were due to become an outsourced service for the Trust’s three hospitals – the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and Broadgreen Hospital.
“When the joint venture collapsed there was no provision for the service in the plans for the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We had to find a location, funding and select equipment.”
Lynn and Sandra Mallon, sterile services manager, spent a lot of time over a five-year period working with the architect, through numerous design stages seeking to optimise the layout and reduce manual handling as much as possible.
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