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Copyright © 2008

People, Places, Processes & Products that Influence the Supply Chain

INSIDE THE CURRENT ISSUE

October 2008

News

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Abbott Vascular
Advanced Sterilization Products
Amerinet
Applied Logic, Inc.
B Braun Medical
BD Diagnostics
BD Medical
Broadlane Inc
ChloraPrep
Covidien
Cuno Inc.
Cygnus Medical
Enthermics Medical Systems
Exergen Corp
HealthTrust Purchasing Group
Froedtert Hospital
IAHCSMM
IMS
InnerSpace Corp.
IRSG
Kimberly Clark Professional
McKesson Automation
MedAssets
Messe Dusseldorf
Metrex Research Corp.
Mobile Instrument Service
Olympus Medical
Parker Labs Inc.
Rice Lake Weighing Systems
Ruhof Corporation
Scanlan International
Sittris
Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp.
Strategic Value Analysis
Stryker Orthopaedics
Tronex Healthcare Industries
TSK Products, Inc.
Uni-med
VHA
Winco
2008 Capital Equipment Guide

Imagine swallowing a convincing sales pitch by a company offering to provide your facility with comprehensive capital equipment management services designed to help you remove and resell excess medical assets. But once the contracted service provider removes the excess or "surplus" medical equipment, payment doesn’t arrive when promised. Or at all. And the company disappears only to re-emerge under a new name. What to do? Turn to Healthcare Purchasing News’ 4th Annual Capital Equipment Guide:

Distinguishing the pros from the cons

Pitfalls of used equipment

Equipment Financing

Group Buy

Terminology

Up Close
with Broadlane’s David Ricker

News - Patient Safety
What every hospital needs to know about TV white spaces
by Tim Kottak, GE Healthcare Engineering

Operating Room
Task-specific surgical apparel balances comfort with protection

Innovative fabric technology, enhanced features and functional accessories built into today’s surgical gowns and drapes make for increasingly comfortable, user-friendly styles and tailored protection.

Infection Connection
Unmasking facial cover-ups

The prospect of pandemic influenza and other disasters, natural or otherwise, have focused attention on the need for preparedness and with that an adequate supply of masks and respirators for given situations. But how do you know which to use when?

CS Solutions

Self Study Series
FDA, 510(k)s, and Standards:
What they mean and how they affect you

Infection Protection

Central Services
Preventive maintenance is instrumental, hospitals say

Midway through a surgical procedure the surgeon discovers that a critical instrument isn’t working properly. He calls the central service department, sternly voicing his dissatisfaction, which sends technicians scrambling for a last-minute replacement. It’s a scenario that most CS and OR staffers have experienced firsthand more than once in their careers but that may be changing as more healthcare organizations embrace proactive instrument maintenance.

Products and Services

Infusing value analysis in contracting strategies

HPN questioned some of the thought-leaders and key executives in the field for sage advice on how to incorporate value analysis into contract management, specifically asking for five "can’t-miss" strategies that would lead to some winning results in the areas of people and product selection.

New Products

People & Opinions

Fast Foreward

People and Opinions
Are you maximizing 340B pharmacy savings?

Having My Say
Sterilant gas monitoring

Capital Gains
Elevating equipment decisions to the boardroom from the basement
by Irwin A. Baker

Back Talk
Effectively influencing up
by Robert T. Yokl

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