For sterile processing departments
A second set of eyesat every station.
SPAI checks the work while it happens, not after a tray reaches the OR. New techs get guidance, experienced techs get a safety net, and managers get a log they can audit.
The cost of
a bad tray
Instrument errors are common, expensive, and usually found too late. Real-time checks move that discovery back to the station where it’s cheap to fix.
of surgical cases had at least one instrument error in one review.
PMC, 2024per minute of operating-room time.
Childers & Maggard-Gibbons, JAMA Surgery, 2018of hospital surveys cited the reprocessing standard as most-cited in 2019.
The Joint Commission, 2019Onboarding
New technicians learn your department’s steps with spoken guidance instead of shadowing alone.
Competency
Run a station with SPAI watching. Every pass, alert and acknowledgement is timestamped.
Audit trail
Session logs and reports give you a record of what happened, not what someone remembered.
Where SPAI is today
SPAI is a working prototype, and it’s looking for its first pilot department.
- Partner with a real sterile processing department
- Gather feedback from the techs doing the work
- Measure whether SPAI catches compliance gaps
- Train on your lighting, your gloves, your trays