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Sterilisation and Decontamination Services

STERIS provides a range of services that help our Customers create a healthier and safer world with a firm commitment to patient care. We do this through the provision of a world class end-to-end surgical instrument and medical device management service. We offer a unique approach to sterilisation and decontamination services, one that recognises that the effective management of your surgical inventory is as unique as each patient you treat. For this reason, we offer a range of options, including onsite, offsite, contingency and design, build and equip.

Our aim is to consistently deliver the highest quality assured approach when you need it the most.

Reusable Surgical Instrument Processing
Reusable Surgical Instrument Processing
  • Servics designed to suit you and your goals
  • Helps improve quality and productivity in terms of mapping surgical inventory
  • Fully managed repair service for surgical instruments and devices
  • Dedicated delivery fleet collects and delivers your surgical instruments – tailored to the turnaround to fit your specific needs and offer a fast-track service to optimise the use of your instrument inventory.
  • Surgical instrument tracking, SynergyTrak®, provides intuitive oversight of your instruments in real-time
Contingency and Risk Management
Contingency and Risk Management
  • Plans to ensure that effective sterilisation services continue with minimal disriuption to your surgical teams and their patients
  • Contingency capabilities are unrivalled as they are supported by our network of facilities across the UK and Scotland
Device Decontamination and Sterilisation
Device Decontamination and Sterilisation
  • Processing and repair of modern complex medical devices, including flexible endoscopes and robotic surgical equipment
  • Robust decontamination parameters in the cleaning, sterility, and ongoing life management of devices in compliance with Health Technical Memorandum (HTM) guidelines, validation partners, and OEMs
Onsite Processing
Onsite Processing

STERIS provides a fully managed sterilisation and decontamination solution within a hospitals own in-house facility. This option, would include a full refurbishment and upgrade of any existing CSSD.

  • A managed on-site service with the Hospital Administration retaining responsibility for the building and assets
  • A managed on-site service which includes the transfer of ownership for plant and equipment (with the exception of the hospital building)
  • Full or partial risk transfer of any onsite SSD would sit with STERIS IMS
Offsite Processing
Offsite Processing

STERIS provides a fully outsourced service, processing surgical instruments away from the Customers hospital site which can also include an endoscopy reprocessing unit. Acquiring through lease or purchase an industrial facility suitable for a Customers processing needs including fit out. This option includes:

  • Full site assessment (size, planning requirements, regulation and compliance needs, capacity, layout, security etc.)
  • Locality assessment in providing critical sterile services on time
  • State of the art STERIS processing equipment and technology
Build, Manage and Equip
Build, Manage and Equip

STERIS provides a hybrid build, equip and manage model which, still allows Customers to utilise STERIS expertise in sterile managed services but instead of a fully outsourced CSSD STERIS manages the building, its equipment and its ongoing estate management.

STERIS’s SSDs are equipped with the world’s most advanced engineering and technology, which we combine with our extensive knowledge and expertise to deliver the best outcome for patients. All facilities are designed and operated to meet the highest quality standards, guidelines, and accreditations.