Queueing analysis of the production of sterile medical devices by means of discrete-time queueing models
Résumé
This paper deals with the performance analysis of sterilization services, which are support services of health establishments, playing a key role in the fi ght against infection. We present a discrete-time queueing model of a sterilization service, and propose a rapid method to obtain performance fi gures. We compare analytical results of a specifi c case to simulation results from an earlier work. The analytical model is well suited to obtain some performance figures of sterilization processes.