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service central, putting patients first
Three years after a significant performance improvement turnaround and rebuilding effort Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s CSR department bonded and matured into a first-class operation, reprocessing for multiple facilities, generating vastly improved clinical customer service ratings and contributing to the organization’s infection rate decrease, earning "model department" status within the organization and Healthcare Purchasing News’ 2009 CS/SPD Department of the Year Award. |
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Advances in patient monitors promote patient
safety Amazing changes have taken
place in patient monitors in the past 5 to 10 years and more changes are in
the works. Advances in patient monitors are emerging as potential technology
solutions to such issues as an aging patient population and a nursing
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New infection control title drives influence, salary Overall, salaries for infection control professionals continued their slow but steady climb, increasing on average 2 percent across all titles, even including the newly minted "infection preventionist" title introduced last year by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology as part of a rebranding effort. Infection Protection |
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While accessories may make the outfit in the fashion world and the right tools may lead to quality craftsmanship in the construction business, healthcare – specifically, sterile processing – sports its own adages. Just as one wouldn’t expect a surgeon to perform a procedure well without wielding the proper quality instrument, sterile processing technicians simply cannot adequately clean instruments and equipment if they’re using an incorrect, dirty or damaged brush.
HPN Online Exclusive: Curbing wet packs takes dedication, detective work Frequent use of wet packs not only frustrates technicians and clinicians alike but signals a larger problem that requires prompt, proactive detective work to determine the cause and appropriate solution, including training.
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Racing against time,
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Keeping up with the product needs and demands of the routinely intense critical care department is a lot like running a race and finishing in second place to the national champion heavily favored to win from the start. No matter the effort or the second guessing, you’re still not able to get the job done. But some are netting first-place achievements. |
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Newsmaker Will stimulus plan lead to higher healthcare costs? by Richard A. Perrin Standard Procedures Having My Say Capital Gains
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