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    Sterile Processing

    CHOP CPD team makes service central to clinical core competencies

    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    2019 Sterile Processing Department of the year Supply Chain takes sterile processing operations back to the future
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    Packard Children’s makes SPD matter by reinventing itself

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    April 25, 2019
    Stanford hospital amps up service mission with tech, team muscle
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    Sterile Processing

    Award-winning CPD posits, reflects bright outlook

    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    Earning the 2019 SPD Department of the Year title from Healthcare Purchasing News by no means represents an end game for the Central Processing Department team at Children’s Hospital...
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    Sterile Processing

    Instructions for Use: Necessary but complicated

    Jean Sargent
    April 25, 2019
    Instructions for Use (IFUs) are an important part of the central sterile processing department (CSPD) in support of infection control, quality and patient safety. Several years...

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    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    During some years, assessing and evaluating all of the notable and noteworthy accomplishments of top-notch SPD teams nominated for Healthcare Purchasing News’ SPD Department of...
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    Sourcing & Logistics

    GPO contracts should keep pricing in check during shortages, right?

    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    Just like a bumper-to-bumper warranty on an automobile to cover needed repairs and replacement parts for a period of time, group purchasing organization contract pricing should...
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    Sterile Processing

    Storing scopes properly and keeping cool in the SPD

    Ray Taurasi
    April 25, 2019
    Submit your questions: email: [email protected] We recently went through a mock accreditation survey and were told that we need to find a better way to store our clean flexible...
    Sourcing & Logistics

    U.S. passes the UDI baton

    Karen Conway
    April 25, 2019
    For years, the eyes of the world were on the United States as it became the first country to publish and implement a regulation requiring manufacturers to identify their products...
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    Sterile Processing

    Understanding the benefits of IAHCSMM certification and membership

    Tony Thurmond, CRCST, CIS, CHL
    April 25, 2019
    Recently, the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) passed the 30,000 certificant mark — a great accomplishment for IAHCSMM and...
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    May 2019 Featured Products & Services

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    The benefits of enhancing supply chain integrity

    Kristine Russell
    April 25, 2019
    Healthcare faces a variety of challenges that impact patient safety and the availability of services. In mid-March, the Arizona State University 2019 Supply Chain Symposium in...
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    Sterile Processing

    May 2019 - Fast Stats

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    April 25, 2019
    On April 12, FDA made an update to its December 2018 Safety Communication about the results it received from post-market surveillance studies (“522 studies”) on duodenoscopes ...
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    Sourcing & Logistics

    Searching for alternative processes, products before demand peaks

    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    When a crisis or disaster strikes a manufacturing production plant or product distribution facility the demand for products affected most likely spikes in reaction. When the products...
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    Sourcing & Logistics

    A series of unfortunate IV events

    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    Crisis = Recalls + Seasonal Virus + Supplier Exit + Natural Disaster
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    Infection Prevention

    Survey: Salaries remain stagnant while responsibilities grow

    Kara Nadeau
    April 25, 2019
    While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that rates of many common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are down in U.S. healthcare facilities, including...
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    Surgical/Critical Care

    Bundle up for better patient care

    Susan Cantrell
    April 25, 2019
    Bundles are powerful weapons in the battle against hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). It is a simple concept, with simple steps, but bundles can help to deliver optimal patient...
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    May 2019 Product Picks

    HPN Online
    April 25, 2019
    Wearable cooling system for OR staffThe Cardinal Health CoolSource™ Cooling System, is a disposable solution designed to keep clinicians cool and comfortable in the OR by reducing...
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    Sterile Processing

    CHOP’s CPD performance linked to tech

    Rick Dana Barlow
    April 25, 2019
    While Perioperative Services at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia may use a lot of high-cost, high-tech devices and equipment to care for its patients, the Central Processing...
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    Continuing Education

    It’s time to rethink steam sterilization

    April 24, 2019
    New steam sterilizer cycle options offer efficiency benefits and are optimized for the challenges of today’s medical instrumentation. Yet most facilities are still using the same...