Managing a CSSD

As the manager of this department, it is important to support the staff no matter what the situation is because they are not always acknowledged by some hospital managers for the hard work and technical skill that is needed to do their duties. This is a fact. They are seen as the persons cleaning the dirty, used surgical instruments. Very few staff in the hospitals where the author has worked for more than forty years are familiar with the function and importance of a CSSD.