1. How many theatres does your hospital have?
2. How is the Sterile Services and Decontamination Unit in your hospital organised?
o Own Decontamination Unit
o Own Decontamination Unit that also provides for other hospitals
o Supplied by a Decontamination Unit from a different hospital
o Contracted out
3. From which manufacturer do you get your instruments?
o Getinge
o MMM
o Belimed
o BHT
o Steris
o Dawned
o Peacocks
o Medisafe
o Others:
4. What kind of transporting system do you use at your hospital?
o Open carts
o Closed carts
o Cart in cart system (e.g. Känguruh-System)
o Others:
5. What size are the containers you use?
o ISO
o DIN
o SPRI
o Others:
6. How many containers are processed (cleaned, sterilized, etc.) in your hospital per year?
7. When it comes to your purchasing process in the decontamination sector, do you have a centralized system with a purchasing department or are the individual people allowed to make their orders themselves (up to a certain limit)?
o Centralized system
o Decentralized system
8. Where do you get the information about the products you need from?
o Manufacturer
o Dealer
o Purchasing department
o Internet
o Price list
o NHS Supplier List
o Others:
9. From whom do you buy your products in the end?
o Manufacturer
o Dealer
o Others:
10. Who is the decision maker when it comes Decontamination and Sterile Services issues (as in buying new products, etc.)?
o Sterile Services Manager
o Theatre Manager
o Head of Procurement
o Other:
11. Is it possible to get the contact details for this person (as in first and surname, phone number and E-Mail address)?

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