September 2019

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Sterile Processing

Beginning with the End in Mind

Sept. 3, 2019
Secrets to successful CS/SPD renovations
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Continuing Education

The basics of risk mitigation for the SPD: Assess, change, validate, and control

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Making UDI work: Get behind the bar(codes)

Aug. 23, 2019
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 ...
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Sterile Processing

Soaking instruments; using labels; peel pack placement

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Infection Prevention

Balancing quality and cost in the quest for best outcomes

Aug. 23, 2019
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...

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Surgical/Critical Care

Room disinfection stars in an ensemble cast, not a one-man show

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Fast Stats

Aug. 23, 2019
Vizient, Inc. released its July 2019 Drug Price Forecast projecting health systems, including inpatient and non-acute environments. “This Drug Price Forecast predicts continued...
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Sourcing & Logistics

RFID: What’s the frequency, healthcare?

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Physicians, surgeons should seek common ground with Supply Chain leaders

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Navigating around, through the Value Analysis Maturity Curve

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sterile Processing

A prime opportunity for multidisciplinary education, collaboration

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sourcing & Logistics

September 2019 Product Picks

Aug. 23, 2019
Enzymatic precleaning solution Key Surgical LLC is now distributing an enzymatic detergent and pre-cleaning solution for medical decontamination chemistries from European supplier...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Stripes remain stars in tracking products

Aug. 23, 2019
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...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Chicken brittle

Aug. 23, 2019
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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