FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00748
- Request Date
- January 11, 2016
- Subject
- Sterilisation Services
- Description
Sterilisation Services
- Is the core instrument sterilisation service
A) Run in house
B) Onsite
C) Out sourced to a separate trust
D) Outsourced to a private company- How many instruments have been processed by the sterile services facility mentioned in question one.
A) In 2014 (or that financial year)
B) In 2015 (or that financial year)
C) How many surgical instruments are anticipated to require sterilising in 2016?- How much has the trust spent annually on sterilising surgical instruments for the following years?
A) Financial year 2013/14
B) Financial year 2014/15
C) How much has been budgeted or anticipated to be spent for the Financial year 2015/2016- How many staff are employed by the sterile service facility mention in question on, for the purposes of instrument sterilisation only, (i.e. exclude porters)
A) Management/admin
B) Team Leaders, supervisors, technicians- Does the trust provide decontamination and sterilisation services for re-usable surgical instruments to other customers who are not part of the trust? If so who?
- In relation to surgical cancellations due to sterilisation failures..
A) How many operations were cancelled in 2014 due to issues with sterilisation of the equipment
B) How many operations have been cancelled in 2015 due to issues with sterilisation of the equipment- What where the costs associated with these cancellations
A) 2014
B) 2015- Of the instruments sterilised, approximately how many would be from dental/oral departments?
A) In 2014 (or that financial year)
B) In 2015 (or that financial year)
- What Would the costs be for these instruments to dental/oral departments (Please state if approximate costs or not)
A) In 2014 (or that financial year)
B) In 2015 (or that financial year)- Does the trust use single use instruments?
- Response
1A) Run in house
2A) 70000 Trays 60000 Supplementaries
2B) 73000 Trays 62000 Supplementaries
2C) Unknown
3A) This information is exempt under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as disclosure is likely to damage the commercial interests of the Trust.
3B) This information is exempt under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as disclosure is likely to damage the commercial interests of the Trust.
3C) Unknown
4A) 44 WTE
5) In house / Limited External
6A) No information available
6B) No information available
7A) No information available
7B) No information available
8A) No information available
8B) No information available
9A) No information available
9B) No information available
10) Limited use in certain areas