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January 2016

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C-Suite: Supply Chain more than ‘storeroom stewards’

2016 S.U.R.E. Awards: Hospital and healthcare system CEOs juggle a plethora of responsibilities from atop their perch in the C-suite, but should supply chain be one of them?

Operating Room

Calls for safe patient handling growing louder

Nurses and other caregivers who manually lift and move patients should not suffer injuries and become patients themselves.

Infection Prevention

Evidence-based infection-prevention protocols, products
can reduce CAUTIs

Why don’t healthcare providers use a universally accepted evidence-based tool to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections? They don’t have one.

CS Connection
Smart washer technology optimizes workflow, improves safety and quality

Washers are rapidly evolving to engage CS/SPD professionals in cleaning, drying and decontaminating devices better, faster and with less waste.

Self Study Series
Rinsing: the most misunderstood step in reprocessing

by Michele McKinley

CS Solutions
IUSS cycle frequency; differentiating sanitization, disinfection and sterilization

by Ray Taurasi

IAHCSMM Viewpoint
CS Professionals must answer the call of professionalism

by Julie E. Williamson

Products and Services

Redesigning the house that
Supply Chain built

A well-oiled supply chain and an efficiently organized storeroom or warehouse both demonstrate core competency in supporting clinicians to care for patients.

Sidebar:
Warning signs for redesigns

Expert Exclusives

Fast Foreward

People & Opinions
Can patient satisfaction be purchased via PO?

by Elizabeth Morgan

Standard Practices
Making "systems thinking" standard practice
by Karen Conway

Back Talk
Maximize your GPO relationship as landscape shifts
by David S. Kaczmare
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