Do you provide onsite MDRD workflow assessments for hospitals in Ontario and the rest of Canada?

Yes. SteriPro performs onsite MDRD/SPD assessments at hospitals of every size across Canada and the United States — community hospitals included. Our assessors work against CSA Z314 in Canada and AAMI ST79 in the U.S., and SteriPro holds 15+ seats on the AAMI and CSA committees that write those standards.

What does an MDRD workflow assessment involve?

A scoping call and document review, an onsite walkthrough of layout and workflow — including one-way workflow, decontamination-to-sterile separation, air pressure relationships, and sterile storage — a gap analysis against CSA Z314 or AAMI ST79, and a written report with findings and prioritized recommendations. Remediation support is available afterward if you want it.

What does an assessment cost and how quickly can it be scheduled?

Standard workflow assessments are quoted as a fixed fee after a brief scoping call, so there are no surprises. Scheduling is typically within weeks, and accreditation-response timelines are treated with priority. Book a consultation online or call to start.

Can you assess multiple hospitals or an entire health system?

Yes. SteriPro has audited multi-hospital groups and conducted health-system-scale feasibility studies — mapping quality across every site, deriving the true cost of reprocessing, building ten-year capital plans, and evaluating centralized reprocessing options.

MDRD Assessments & Consulting

An independent answer, in writing.

Q: Is a written report with findings and recommendations included?

Always. Every assessment ends with a written report: documented findings mapped to the specific standard clauses, a compliance determination for the questions you asked, and prioritized recommendations — suitable for submission in an accreditation response.

An accreditor flagged your workflow. Your technicians believe it complies. Someone independent needs to settle it against the standard — and put their name on a report you can submit. That is exactly what a SteriPro assessment is.

When Hospitals Call Us

Sound familiar?

An Accreditation Canada or Joint Commission survey questioned your one-way workflow, decontamination separation, or sterile storage — and you need an independent, standards-grounded determination.
Your team believes the process complies — but "we think so" isn't a document you can submit with your response.
You're planning a renovation and need the workflow gaps priced before the drawings are frozen.
Recurring symptoms — wet packs, staining, IUSS creep, storage overflow — suggest a process or infrastructure problem nobody onsite has time to isolate.

Assessments are sized for every hospital — a 25-bed community site gets the same standards rigour as an academic centre, scoped to fit.

Why SteriPro's Answer Holds

We help write the standards you're audited against.

15+ seats on AAMI and CSA committees — sterilization, washer-disinfectors, endoscope reprocessing, water quality, packaging.
Accredited ourselves — the first sterile processing operation accredited in Canada; Exemplary Standing since 2015.
Operators, not just auditors — we run reprocessing at 30+ client sites, so recommendations come with the "how," not just the finding.

Three Scales

From one department to an entire system.

Workflow & Compliance Audit

One department, one question: does your layout and process comply? One-way workflow, decontamination separation, pressure relationships, sterile storage — mapped clause-by-clause to CSA Z314, ISO, and Accreditation Canada standards. The fastest path to a defensible accreditation response.

Full MDRD Assessment

The complete department picture: workflow, equipment condition and lifecycle, utilities, volumes, and inventory — every risk costed with capital and operating estimates, plus a five-year equipment replacement forecast your finance team can plan against.

Multi-Site & System Studies

Quality mapped across every hospital in a group or region, the true cost of reprocessing derived from real expenditure data, ten-year capital plans, and centralization feasibility — the evidence base for system-level decisions.

The Assessment

Four steps. One report.

Scope & document review

A short call, then floor plans, SOPs, and the accreditor's finding — so the onsite day is spent observing, not orienting.

Onsite walkthrough

Layout and live workflow: one-way flow, decontam-to-sterile separation, pressure relationships, utilities, sterile storage.

Gap analysis

Every observation mapped to the clause — CSA Z314 in Canada, AAMI ST79 in the U.S. Compliant, non-compliant, or at-risk, with evidence.

Written report

Findings, a clear compliance determination, and prioritized recommendations — written to stand up in your accreditation response.

Want help fixing what the report finds? Remediation support, training, and managed services are available — but never required.

The Deliverable

Findings you can act on. Numbers you can budget.

Most consultants hand you findings. We hand you findings with the cost of fixing each one — because a risk without a price can't compete for capital.

Risk register by area — decontamination, prep & pack, sterilization, sterile storage, endoscopy — each finding cited to the specific CSA / ISO / Accreditation Canada clause
Costed remediation — capital and operating estimates per finding, so the fix list reads like a budget, not a scolding
Equipment lifecycle forecast — what needs replacing within five years, and what it will cost
Validated volume baseline — the throughput data every future decision should be built on
Prioritized roadmap — what to fix first, what can wait, and where the options are

Sample Excerpt

What a finding looks like on the page

MDRD Audit Report · Section 4 — Workflow · Finding WF-04 Illustrative sample

Decontamination → Assembly CSA Z314 — workflow separation Risk: High

Observation: Soiled case carts returning from the OR cross the clean corridor used to stage sterilized carts. During the observed shift, 14 crossings occurred — 6 while sterile carts were staged.
Requirement: CSA Z314 requires physical and procedural separation of soiled and clean flows — one-way workflow from decontamination through sterile storage.
Risk: Bioburden transfer risk to staged sterile goods; a likely repeat finding at the next accreditation survey if unaddressed.
Recommendation: Reroute soiled cart return via the service corridor; install a pass-through window between decontamination and assembly; revise the cart-flow SOP and retrain all shifts.
Costed remediation: $85K–$120Kone-time capital

$0added annual operating

6–10 weeksimplementation

Illustrative sample — fictional finding shown in our current report format. Client findings and data are never published.

MDRD Audit Report · Section 1 — Findings Summary Illustrative sample

Illustrative sample — representative figures, not client data.

Straight Answers

The questions everyone asks first.

Do you come onsite? Where?

Yes — assessments are performed onsite, at hospitals of every size, across Canada and the United States.

Is a written report included?

Always. Findings mapped to specific standard clauses, a compliance determination for the question you asked, and prioritized recommendations. It's the deliverable, not an add-on.

What does it cost?

Standard workflow assessments are quoted as a fixed fee after a brief scoping call — scoped to your department's size, no surprises, no obligation beyond the assessment itself.

How fast can you come?

Typically within weeks. If you're working against an accreditation response deadline, tell us the date — accreditor timelines get priority.

15+

seats on AAMI & CSA standards committees

2015

first sterile processing operation accredited in Canada

30+

client sites operated across Canada & the U.S.

ISO 17025

accredited validation laboratory behind every finding

Get the independent answer on paper.

Book a free 30-minute consultation — bring the accreditor's finding, we'll bring the standard. Or write to us and an operations leader will reply within one business day.

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