The department no one sees is the one holding up every surgery.

The department no one sees is the one holding up every surgery. Sterile processing handles every instrument that enters an OR — and when that workflow breaks down, cases get delayed, staff scramble, and patients wait. The fix isn't always more equipment. It's smarter flow, better tracking, and scheduling that actually matches reprocessing capacity to surgical demand. Most hospitals walk right past this bottleneck every single day.