Sabrina Petree

• Assisted surgical teams in preparing operating rooms, ensuring sterile environments and necessary instruments were readily available.
• Managed instrument trays, verifying accuracy and cleanliness prior to procedures to enhance efficiency and safety.
• Collaborated with nurses and surgeons to anticipate needs during surgeries, facilitating smooth workflow and timely interventions.
• Maintained accurate counts of surgical instruments and sponges, ensuring compliance with safety protocols throughout procedures.
• Implemented process improvements for instrument preparation, reducing turnaround time between surgeries while maintaining quality standards.

• Sterilized surgical instruments and equipment using steam, ethylene oxide, and hydrogen peroxide methods.
• Inspected and tested sterilization processes to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
• Trained new staff on proper sterilization techniques and departmental protocols.
• Managed inventory of sterile supplies, ensuring availability for surgical procedures.
• Collaborated with surgical teams to optimize instrument turnover times during operations.
• Conducted regular maintenance checks on sterilization equipment to prevent downtime.

Worked directly with nurses to insure what they would need in a case was conveniently available and also near the rooms they would be doing certain surgeries in.

I maintained expired dates so that expired items weren't used on patients.

Maintained implant items in a timely manner so that they were readily available for patients.