Annexes 1a – Lean MDRA – Hands On Competition!

Join the Lean MDRA discussion and learn best practices in planning lean MDRA operations to optimize workflows, equipment, and staffing. This session is more than a presentation as you’ll participate in a hands-on simulation of running an MDRA and compete against your peers in processing instruments and building case carts! After testing your skills, we’ll discuss lean principles, the challenges MDRAs face, and how to effectively plan for success.

Meet the Speaker:

John Kimsey, BA, Author, Speaker, Industry Expert, VP, Processing Optimization and Customer Success
John Kimsey is a seasoned healthcare management professional who helps leadership teams and sterile processing departments optimize operational performance. Leveraging 10 years of non-healthcare management consulting experience, he joined STERIS in 2001 and began to merge lean operational approaches with healthcare’s clinical requirements, creating a new vision for sterile processing.
His first published article in 2005, “The Sterile Processing Factory Goal: 100%” solidified his approach by elevating sterile processing and incorporating best practices with People, Process, and Leadership providing efficient and quality patient outcomes. In the years’ since, John has been published several other times and spoken at national and international conferences on sterile processing topics John has managed both onsite and offsite reprocessing centers, consulted large and small healthcare Customers, spoken internationally on Lean Sterile Processing, and continues to offer advice and hands on assistance to optimize customer’s reprocessing departments.
At STERIS, John helps customers, industry partners, international teams, and healthcare systems optimizing their MDRA operations for measurable success. Whether solving labor shortages, leadership deficiencies, strategic decisions, or process and quality issues, John comes with a desire to see people succeed.