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Built by an OR nurse

The missing link between your OR and SPD

Real-time instrument coordination that replaces phone calls, sticky notes, and the frantic hunt for trays five minutes before incision.

Operating Room
OR Suite 3
Total hip revision
Needs: Stryker tray set
Status: Requested
TrayRelay
Sterile Processing
SPD Main
Processing priority
ETA: 22 min
Status: In sterilization
$62
Cost per minute of OR time
AORN Journal, 2012
1 in 10
Trays arrive with missing instruments
$471
Cost per instrument delay event
Journal of Orthopaedic Business, 2023
The math is simple

What If You Saved Just 1 Minute Per Case?

Real-time OR-SPD coordination eliminates the phone calls, pages, and guesswork that cost your hospital every day. Even a single minute of reclaimed OR time adds up fast.

Potential savings — avg. community hospital
$40,920
over 1 month (22 working days)
660 cases
×
1 min saved
×
$62 / min
Based on 10 ORs · 3 cases/OR/day · 22 working days/month · $62/min (AORN Journal, 2012) · caseload from HCUP/AHA data
10
Operating rooms
3
Cases per OR per day
1 min
Conservative time saved
$62
Cost per OR minute
The capacity picture

Unlock Hidden OR Capacity

Time savings compound. See how minutes recovered per case translate into real surgical days your hospital can reclaim.

OR capacity unlocked — avg. community hospital
630
minutes gained
10.5
OR hours
1–2
extra surgical days
over 1 month (21 working days)
630 cases
×
1 min saved
=
630 min
÷ 60 = 10.5 OR hrs
Based on 10 ORs · 3 cases/OR/day · 21 working days/month · 1 minute saved per case
10
Operating rooms
3
Cases per OR per day
1 min
Conservative time saved
~6 hrs
Avg OR day length
The problem

The OR and SPD speak different languages

Two departments, one shared mission, zero shared visibility. The result: surgical delays, phone tag, and instruments that show up late—or not at all.

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Endless phone tag and paging

OR calls SPD. SPD is decontaminating. Callback missed. Surgeon waiting. Repeat. This happens dozens of times per day.

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Blind instrument prioritization

SPD processes first-in, first-out with no visibility into which OR cases are urgent or which surgeon is actively waiting.

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Instrument scavenger hunts

Where is the Stryker set? In decontam? Assembly? Storage? Nobody knows without physically walking the floor.

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Invisible reprocessing bottlenecks

No data on turnaround times, recurring delays, or which procedures consistently cause instrument shortages.

How it works

Two views. One shared truth.

TrayRelay gives each department exactly the view they need, connected by a shared real-time pipeline.

OR View

Operating Room Dashboard

Surgical teams see what they need: instrument status and ETAs at a glance.

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    Request instruments for upcoming cases directly from the dashboard
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    See real-time ETAs for every tray in the reprocessing pipeline
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    Track delivery as instruments move from SPD to your OR suite
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    Flag urgent needs so SPD can reprioritize without a phone call
SPD View

Sterile Processing Dashboard

SPD techs see incoming requests and update status through every stage.

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    See incoming requests from all ORs, prioritized by case urgency
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    Update processing status as trays move through each stage
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    Manage the queue with full visibility into what ORs actually need next
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    Mark delivered to close the loop and build turnaround data
Reprocessing pipeline tracked in real time
Decontamination
Sterilization
Ready
Delivered
Features

Everything your OR and SPD need to stay in sync

A lightweight OR-SPD communication layer that anyone can use—without 12 months of implementation or a six-figure contract.

Live instrument tracking

Track every tray and set from decontamination through sterilization to the OR, updated in real time across both dashboards.

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Smart priority queue

Automatically reorder SPD processing based on the live surgical schedule, not just first-in-first-out arrival time.

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Direct OR-SPD messaging

Replace phone calls with instant, contextual messages tied to specific cases and instrument requests.

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Operational analytics

Turnaround times, delay patterns, tray accuracy rates. Data that was previously invisible, now on a dashboard.

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Schedule-aware prep

Instrument needs pulled from the surgical schedule automatically. SPD knows what is coming before OR even calls.

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Works on any device

Tablet in the OR, desktop in SPD, phone on the floor. TrayRelay works wherever your team works. No app install needed.

Built for

Community hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers

You don't need an enterprise health system's IT budget to fix OR-SPD communication. TrayRelay is purpose-built for facilities with 5–15 operating rooms.

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Community Hospitals

Small to mid-size facilities where OR and SPD are physically close but digitally disconnected. One shared dashboard changes everything.

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Ambulatory Surgery Centers

High-volume, fast-turnover environments where instrument delays directly impact same-day surgery schedules and patient throughput.

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Clinical Teams

OR nurses, SPD technicians, surgical coordinators. Built by clinical professionals who've lived the phone-tag problem firsthand.

Why TrayRelay

TrayRelay vs. Traditional Solutions

Purpose-built for community hospitals and ASCs. Not a watered-down enterprise system.

TrayRelay Enterprise Alternatives
Implementation time Up and running in days 6–12 month rollouts
Pricing Affordable, transparent pricing Six-figure contracts
Ease of use Intuitive — no training required Weeks of staff training
Real-time OR-SPD visibility Live updates across both departments Limited or batch-only updates
Built for community hospitals & ASCs Designed specifically for smaller facilities Built for large health systems
Setup complexity Web-based, no hardware needed On-prem installs, full IT projects
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FAQ

Common questions

What is OR-SPD communication software? +
OR-SPD communication software connects Operating Rooms and Sterile Processing Departments in real time, replacing phone calls and paging with a shared digital dashboard for surgical instrument tracking, request management, and reprocessing status updates.
How does TrayRelay track surgical instruments? +
TrayRelay provides two connected views: the OR view lets surgical teams request instruments and see real-time ETAs, while the SPD view shows incoming requests and lets technicians update processing status through decontamination, sterilization, ready, and delivered stages. Both dashboards update in real time.
Is TrayRelay designed for community hospitals? +
Yes. TrayRelay is purpose-built for community hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers with 5-15 operating rooms. No six-figure contract, no 12-month implementation, no dedicated IT department required. If your team can use a web browser, they can use TrayRelay.
Does TrayRelay require special hardware or app installation? +
No. TrayRelay is a web application that works on any device with a modern browser: tablets in the OR, desktops in SPD, or phones on the floor. No app installs, no dedicated hardware, no IT project.
What does the SPD workflow look like in TrayRelay? +
SPD technicians see a queue of incoming instrument requests from all ORs, prioritized by surgical case urgency. They update each tray's status through the full reprocessing pipeline: decontamination, sterilization, ready, and delivered. The OR sees these updates in real time without calling.
Built by an OR Professional

This tool was built by someone who made those calls.

I spent years as an OR nurse watching surgical delays unfold in real time — the frantic SPD calls, the guesswork about which tray was where, the surgeon standing scrubbed while we hunted for instruments. TrayRelay isn’t a consultant’s best guess at what the OR needs. It’s the tool I wished existed every single shift.

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Cody Fitzwater
Founder & OR Nurse
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Built from
the OR floor
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  • 30-minute live walkthrough with a clinical expert
  • See both the OR and SPD dashboards in action
  • Answers to your facility-specific questions
  • No commitment, no IT team required
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Every minute a surgeon waits is a minute that didn't have to happen

TrayRelay exists because the people who know the OR-SPD problem best are the ones who should be solving it. Built by clinical professionals, for clinical professionals.

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