2025 Surgical Asset Management Industry Benchmark Report

Are Outdated Processes Putting Your Surgical Readiness at Risk?

See how your facility compares.

Discover what over 200 sterile processing department and operating room leaders across the U.S. reveal about their challenges in surgical readiness and how to stay prepared. 

Sterile processing is the foundation of safe, efficient surgical care. Yet too many hospitals are losing time, money, and trust because their systems cannot keep up. The 2025 Surgical Asset Management Industry Benchmark Report exposes where breakdowns are happening and how leading facilities are fixing them.

  • The most common breakdowns that lead to delays, cancellations and safety risks

  • The barriers slowing digital tracking adoption and modernization

  • How to turn underused data into decisions that improve efficiency and readiness

  • How to prepare your team for the skills and technologies that will define the next five years

See How Your Facility Compares

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THE VOICES OF THE INDUSTRY

Insights coming directly from the leaders and frontline professionals nationally, shaping sterile processing, from managers driving strategy to technician executing every detail.

3 Eye-Opening Stats from the 2025 Benchmark Report

76%

of SPD leaders say human error is their top challenge with current tracking methods

What this means:

Manual and hybrid systems still leave too much room for mistakes, creating risks to patient safety and efficiency.
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57.7%

of facilities report surgical delays due to lack of inventory readiness

What this means:

When instruments aren’t ready, surgeries stall, staff scramble, and both patient care and hospital trust are put at risk.
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82%

of leaders believe advanced tracking will have a significant or transformational impact on efficiency

What this means:

SPD professionals see digital tracking not just as a tech upgrade, but as the key to unlocking safer, faster, and more reliable workflows.
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