Medical Technology

Most people never think about what happens to a scalpel after surgery. Sterile processing departments run like silent factories beneath the OR floor — decontaminating, inspecting, wrapping, and sterilizing every single instrument before it touches another patient. When this department runs smoothly, surgeries start on time.
When it backs up, the whole surgical schedule feels it. It's one of the most critical — and least talked about — operations in any hospital.