In the report, The Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019, the continuing impact of antibiotic-resistant (AR) germs on people and communities is highlighted....
Seventeenth-century English physician Thomas Sydenham is credited with the axiom “first, do no harm.” This advice on patient safety still stands today, a few centuries later, ...
In the fast-paced, demanding and often under-resourced central sterile/sterile processing department (CS/SPD) environment, it can be extremely challenging to ensure process quality...
New and veteran Sterile Processing (SP) professionals who aren’t currently a member of an IAHCSMM chapter – or belong to a chapter but don’t participate to the fullest – should...
Submit your questions: email: [email protected] it essential to sanitize all soiled items returned to CS or are decontamination and disinfection sufficient prior to sterilization...
With access to all of the resources and technology available now or in the very near future, one might argue convincingly that healthcare organizations have what they need to ...
As the post-holiday bills come due this month we should enter the New Year with some levity and “clarity of vision.” Okay, enough with the feeble 20/20 references. In healthcare...
As discussed many times in this column, one of the primary benefits of standardization – be it in process or in products - is the ability to reduce “uncontrolled” variation that...
Looking back at the past three years, having experienced leadership time in resurgent rust-belt states, I’ve had a running list of top three concerns that have managed to shift...
