Risk assessments are simply a tool used to help ensure the safety of staff and patients. They identify, help reduce and manage the risks associated with reusable medical device...
If you want to make unique device identifiers (UDIs) work in your organization, you have to get behind the bar(codes).Barcode scanning must play a starring role in your quest ...
Submit your questions: email: [email protected] I am in clinical operations for the ambulatory sites of a large healthcare system. I have several OB-GYN practices that process...
Money is always a concern in healthcare, but quality healthcare is even more important. The trick is to balance cost against care. If you spend a little more for a more effective...
Just like sterile processing professionals know how important it is to clean instruments before sterilization (if it’s not clean, it can’t be sterile) environmental service teams...
Vizient, Inc. released its July 2019 Drug Price Forecast projecting health systems, including inpatient and non-acute environments. “This Drug Price Forecast predicts continued...
Since radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology emerged in healthcare operations about 15 years ago as an option for providers to track people, products and equipment, the...
Regardless of clinical setting, physicians and surgeons grapple with a score of challenges that range from reform and reimbursement pressures to malpractice and the patient care...
As healthcare reform and new technologies change the way hospitals deliver and are reimbursed for care, the ability to measure and improve upon patient outcomes is becoming more...
Each year, the second Sunday of October marks the start of Central Service Week. These seven dedicated days provide a perfect opportunity for Central Service/Sterile Processing...
Enzymatic precleaning solution Key Surgical LLC is now distributing an enzymatic detergent and pre-cleaning solution for medical decontamination chemistries from European supplier...
For more than 45 years the retail market has relied on bar coding as a staple — and commercially stable — supply chain tracking mechanism with tentacles extended to food service...
The healthcare industry lags some 10 years behind other industries when it comes to efficient operations, information technology use and overall process management — including...
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