GUIDE TO A BETTER PRACTICE
TIME LACK OF TIME MEANS INEFFICIENCY • Frequently running behind schedule • Irritated patients in waiting room • No time for upselling services (no proper consultation with patients) EARNINGS IMPACTED BY INEFFICIENCY AND HIGH COSTS
INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (IMS)
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Improves efficiency, safety, compliance and organisation during the entire workflow. A standardized approach for each procedure keeping instruments organized and protected in pre-assembled IMS™ Cassettes as they move from chairside to storage.
• Patients are not returning • Not enough new patients • Limited number of appointments per day • Staff is held up with inefficient, not revenue-generating tasks
TRAINING NO STANDARDIZATION MEANS DIFFICULT ONBOARDING Not having a standardized approach to: • Infection prevention • Instrument reprocessing • Room set-up can lead to confusion when hiring new or temporary team members.
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STERILIZATION INEFFICIENCY IMPACTS THE REVENUE Spending time performing tasks that should be streamlined such as searching, scrubbing, and sorting replace the ability to focus on patient care and it impacts the practice with inefficiency leading to no revenue.
COMMON CHALLENGES
OUR SOLUTIONS
SAFETY SHARPS INJURIES ARE A SERIOUS CONCERN • 31% of sharps injuries occur when cleaning instruments by hand 1 • More handling of loose instruments means more risk • Significant cost: with time off, testing and insurance, each sharps injury costs up to $3,000 2
Optimizes time, organization and efficiency during chairside preparation. PROCEDURAL SETS
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TEAM MORALE THESE ISSUES CAN CAUSE STRESS
Pre-assembled sets containing a selection of single-use items, such as gowns, masks, caps, protection for the dental unit, surgical accessories, irrigation and aspiration systems.
• Running behind • Packed schedule • Unclear procedures • Staying after hours • Short lunch breaks
INSTRUMENT CARE DAMAGED, BROKEN OR CORRODED INSTRUMENTS/ RISK OF IMPROPER CLEANING AND STERILIZATION
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• Productivity: Time spent searching for a missing instrument is a lost opportunity to spend time with your patients. • Handling loose instruments during transportation and reprocessing, can improve their risk to be damaged. • When instruments are lost or damaged, more time and money is spent ordering replacements.
1. Younai, F., Murphy, D., Kotelchuck, D. (2001). Occupational Exposures to Blood in a Dental Teaching. Environment: Results of a Ten-Year Surveillance Study. 2. CDC, “Sharps Injury Prevention Workbook,” available at www.cdc.gov/Sharpssafety/pdf/WorkbookComplete.pdf, p.6
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Instrument Management with HuFriedyGroup
Efficiency with a Streamlined Approach
MANUAL
IMS™ CASSETTES Time Saved
Instrument Management may seem like a small step, but it can have a big impact on any facility. Keeping instruments organized and managing them properly improves the flow of the facility, which allows the sterilization area to run more efficiently and clinicians to focus on providing the best level of care.
Without instrument management, the team spends more time reprocessing instruments with the added risk of a sharps injury, whereas with the IMS Instrument Management System, you eliminate time-consuming steps, speed up the reprocessing, allowing your team to work more efficiently and safely and save up to an hour per day. The IMS Instrument Management System helps you create organized procedural
2 Minutes Saved
HAND SCRUB - ULTRASONIC
With our Instrument Management System, you can take your facility to the next level. Our IMS™ Cassettes keep instruments organized and protected throughout the facility, allowing you to go
RINSE**
1 Minute Saved
from chairside to cleaning to sterilization to storage without ever touching contaminated instruments. This helps to improve efficiency, safety, compliance, organization, standardization, instrument protection, and more.
DISINFECT TRAY
IMS INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
DRY
setups based on what you know is needed.
2 Minutes Saved
SORT INSTRUMENTS
• Instruments kept together during reprocessing • No more guessing what instruments are needed • Procedural setups are organized and labeled • Everything needed for treatment is chairside. Also, with a consistent, organized approach to your instrument management, the team feels empowered and confident doing their job.
POUCH/WRAP
AUTOCLAVE & STORE
2 Minutes Saved
PREP TRAY - FIND INSTRUMENT
CHAIRSIDE
Driving Revenue The IMS Instrument Management System allows you and your team to work smarter so you can control costs and grow the business.
Example: 7 minutes saved x 9 procedures = 63 minutes saved* * When compared to single instrument decontamination - based on market survey results. Data on file.
** When a thermodisinfector is used, greater time savings can be achieved.
Reprocessing Instruments More Efficiently
Minimizing the Risk of Sharps Injuries
Protecting Your Investment in Instruments
Saving Time to See Additional Patients
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The Benefits of IMS™ Cassettes
Points of Performance
EFFICIENCY IMS™ Cassettes eliminate time-consuming steps to streamline reprocessing, which can save facilities an hour or more each day.
Ergonomic latch with positive locking mechanism is safe and easy-to-use, allows one-handed opening and visual confirmation if the cassette is locked /unlocked .
SAFETY & COMPLIANCE IMS™ Cassettes minimize how
High quality, electropolished stainless steel protects against corrosion and provides more durability than plastic.
often contaminated instruments are handled, improving compliance during transportation and reprocessing while also reducing the risk of a costly sharps injury. ORGANIZATION IMS™ Cassettes help facilities better organize their reprocessing flow, freeing up to seven linear feet of counter space, so they can maximize the space in their sterilization area. When coupled with the use of organizational tubs for procedural disposables, efficiency and organization are greatly improved as procedure needs are easily identified for quick patient set up.
Revolutionary hole pattern design provides more access to instruments during cleaning and sterilization and increases compatibility with today’s cleaning equipment, including automated washers.
INSTRUMENT PROTECTION IMS™ Cassettes are made of durable, stainless steel to protect the integrity of your instruments. They also keep your instruments held in place and spaced out for an optimal environment for proper reprocessing. STANDARDIZATION IMS™ Cassettes help facilities create a system for managing their procedural setups. Each setup includes all of the instruments that are needed to help with onboarding and standardizing care throughout a single facility and even across multiple locations.
CHOOSE THE SIZE.
Available in different sizes: 1 DIN, 1/2 DIN, 1/4 DIN and container cassette.
Innovative color-coded silicone rail system, available in 11 color options, significantly reduces instrument contact, allowing for more water flow while protecting the instruments during reprocessing.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT IMS™ Cassettes can make an immediate impact on a facility's bottom line, with the time saved allowing them to see new patients and bring in tens of thousands of dollars in new revenue.
CHOOSE THE COLOR. Available in 11 colors for easy color coding by procedure or operator.
Potential Added Revenue Per Day
Revenue Per Day
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
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Red
10 20 30 40 50
$104
$208
$313
$417
$521
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Grey
$208
$417
$625
$833
$1,042 $1,563 $2,083 $2,604
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White
Orange Purple Yellow
$313
$625
$938
$1,250
$417
$833
$1,250 $1,563
$1,677
Smooth round corners and slotted edges increase drainage and reduce drying time.
Lavendar
$521
$1,042
$2,083
Black
Blue
Beveled edge allows for a more ergonomic grasp.
Example: A facility billing $2,000 of revenue a day doing 20 procedures would be able to generate an additional $417.00 per day with the time saved using IMS™ Cassettes. $2,000 ÷ 480 minutes (8 hours) = $4.17 revenue/minute. 20 procedures x 5 minutes saved/procedure x $4.17/minute = $417.00.
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Ocean Blue
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The Impact of IMS™ Cassettes
When Considering Instrument Management
With IMS™ Cassettes, finally everything is at hand. We no longer waste time looking for an instrument in the drawers or even the consumables.
Types of Facilities
A. Private Practices Dentists who own private practices are business owners. They need to drive revenue while improving cost savings, efficiency, and staff retention. B. Specialty Practices Specialty practices, such as oral surgery or orthodontic offices, see a high number of patients each day, so safety and efficiency are critical so they can focus on each patient.
C. Community Health Centers and Public Health Facilities These facilities are funded by the government so cost savings is important. Compliance is also top of mind as they face scrutiny for meeting the established standards. D. Multi-Location Group Practices Run like corporations, these operations look for standardization and cost savings across locations. They also typically have an individual in charge of ensuring compliance.
Dr. Oliver Schäfer Germany
TOP REASONS FACILITIES CHOSE IMS ™ CASSETTES
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Signs of Inefficiency
100% Improve safety and infection control protocols
100% Protect instruments and reduce costs
94% Improve organization
84% Increase eciency and save time
Dirty trays stacked in the sterilization area Instrument packs waiting to be sterilized Staff rushing back and forth between the sterilization room and the operatories Operatories not cleaned up in a timely manner
Facility using multiple types of sorting techniques (pouches, ponytail holders, plastic steri boxes, etc.) Backed up waiting room Broken/damaged/stained instruments
TOP BENEFITS OF USING IMS ™ CASSETTES
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Questions About Processes
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A. What would help save you time during your day? B. How often do you or a team member leave the patient to search for an instrument? How does this impact the patient experience? C. How would being more productive and organized in your facility help to save time and money? D. How prepared are you to give your patients a tour of your current sterilization area? E. How do you respond to your patient’s questions about safety and compliance? F. What would you change about your current instrument reprocessing procedures?
G. How many referrals do you get annually? H. How are you fully utilizing the talents of your staff? I. What are you doing differently in sterilizing your instruments than you were a year ago? J. How do you stay up to date on changing infection control standards and regulations? K. What do you like about your sterilization area and what would you change if you could? L. What is you and your staff’s experience with cassettes?
Improved compliance with guidelines
Made oce more professional
Saved us time
Improved patient experience
Decreased sharps injuries
HOW CUSTOMERS FEEL ABOUT IMS ™ CASSETTES
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Improved our organization
Worth the investment
Satisfaction rating
Data on file. Based o survey conducted May 6 through June 1, 2020 with current users of the IMS ™ Cassettes.
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Procedural Sets
Customization advantages
Procedural Set
IMS™ Cassette
Optimizing time, organization and efficiency during chairside preparation while increasing staff and patient safety.
Apart for pre-assembled procedural setups, with HFG you can customize your own instrument setup and create a professional, efficient working environment with IMS™ Cassettes. The customization provides the definition of kits, cassettes and instruments recommendation by procedure, based on customer's requirements, including color coding definition of kits by operatory, kitting and lasermarking. Our Procedural Sets consist of a selection of single-use disposables such as PPE, protection for the dental units, surgical accessories, irrigation and aspiration system, etc. They can be customized with the perfect configuration for your specific needs.
TYPES OF PROCEDURAL SETS
STERILE Reliable protection during routine and advanced surgery
NON STERILE Necessary protection during all kinds of general procedures
CUSTOMIZED Perfect configuration for your specific needs
The combination of the two customized solutions is the perfect match to be The Best in Practice.
WHY A SET IS BETTER THAN SINGLE ITEMS?
Why Partner with HuFriedyGroup
HuFriedyGroup is here to provide the best dental experience to the industry.
TIME SAVING Saving assistant's time required for picking up different components can increase the number of daily procedures.
COST CONTROL Known costs by procedure
Our unique combination of products, services, and support enable dental professionals to reduce risk, improve efficiencies, drive compliance, and enhance patient and staff safety. Our HuFriedyGroup representatives are ready to help you implement IMS™ Cassettes. We understand how to assist with the design of the sterilization center to maximize the space and efficiency. With their product knowledge and infection control expertise, our HuFriedyGroup representatives can train and consult with you and
EFFICIENCY Practical, compact and ready to use
INCREASED SAFETY Minimized exposure to cross-infection and blood borne pathogens during daily procedures
your team to help you take advantage of IMS™ Cassettes. Reach out to your HuFriedyGroup representative to help you be the best in practice.
HIGH QUALITY Packed in double sterile packaging, medical paper and blister, in extremely rigorous procedures to meet the highest control standards
COMPLIANCE Procedural Sets are compliant to the stricter national and local regulations
COST SAVINGS Significant reduction of total costs for each procedure (cost of total set is less than sum of single)
SUSTAINABILITY Procedural packs dramatically reduce the amount of packaging material compared with individually packaged products
To shedule a consultation or for more information, please contact:
Free Call: 00800 48 37 43 39 E-Mail: info@hu-friedy.eu
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