‘Integrated healthcare provider’, Core IHS, works with theatre staff to ensure that theatre equipment is properly maintained, ‘and ease the pressure on facilities by preparing them for CQC inspections and ensuring compliance with NatSSIP and LocSSIP Standards for Invasive Procedures’.
The company said: “In a busy operating theatre, it may be difficult to find the time or opportunity to look for potentially dangerous signs of wear in equipment constantly in use. Regular maintenance means equipment lasts longer, works better, and keeps theatres running as efficiently as possible.”
Core IHS says it is ‘committed to sustainability and continuous improvement’, and will thus always aim ‘to repair and refurbish, rather than condemn and replace’. Its audit team will visit the theatre at a time to suit the hospital to undertake an extensive audit and stock check of all patient positioning devices, soft furnishings, and metalwork. Damaged equipment will be removed for fast repair, with loan items provided. If anything needs replacing, Core IHS can order replacements immediately.
The audit team can also advise on enhancing staff and patient safety in the operating theatre, providing solutions if required – from reducing cable trail to providing innovative medical storage solutions – and offers a broad portfolio of patient positioning devices, beds, and lights.
