We are IH is a recognition campaign to spotlight Interior Health employees and medical staff – through pictures and stories.
Name: Meggan Gibson (she/her/hers)
Job Title: MDR Inventory Lead Technician
Years of Service: 23
Worksite: Kelowna General Hospital
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Syilx (Saay-ilks) / Okanagan Interior Salish
Favourite Quote: "Life is too short - so enjoy the ride!"
Meggan GIbson completed her Medical Device Reprocessing (MDR) course in 1998 and was immediately hired at Kelowna General Hospital. Twenty-three years later, she serves as the MDR inventory lead technician--a position that she loves. As the lead tech, Meggan helps her fellow MDR techs perform their job efficiently using the instrument tracking system.
For those who may not be familiar with MDR, Meggan offers this explanation:
"We reprocess instruments for the operating room (OR) and wards in the hospital. Our decontamination area is where we receive and clean the instruments and devices. Some items are washed in a washer / disinfector, and some are hand washed. We then assemble the instrument sets according to the instructions in our instrument tracking system, sterilize them and prepare the sets for upcoming surgeries."
In her free time, Meggan loves to hike.
"My girl gang and I do a couple of backpacking trips each summer."
Meggan also enjoys reading and paddle boarding. However, most of her time outside of work is spent working with her husband on their Glenmore farm. The farm provides 31 families with farm fresh veggies every week.
"I am looking forward to continuing my work in MDR," says Meggan. "I have a few projects on the go and strive to implement lean methodologies into our work."
She also looks forward to growing her family farm business.
Meggan's nomination keeps the We Are IH loop going:
“April Wood has worked for IH for a loooong time and she has a very specific position as an OR Inventory Analyst." - Meggan Gibson
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