January 2020

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Sf Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
From blank check to budget crunch, updates may be fundamental but not infinite
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Dec. 19, 2019
As healthcare supply chain executives and professionals enter the third decade of the 21st century (and third millennium), chatter continues to build on just how much automation...
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Dec. 19, 2019
Realistically, when designing or redesigning a storeroom or warehouse, supply chain executives and professionals must navigate within the confines of a constraining budget.Some...
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Or Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
Pressure injuries (PIs), also known as pressure ulcers or pressure wounds, continue to rise and harm patients throughout the U.S. PIs are difficult to detect, cause pain and infections...

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Nw Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
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....
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Ip Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
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, ...
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Cs Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
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...
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Dec. 19, 2019
Process improvement requires formal written proposals. To gain approval, it’s important to include all the necessary elements.
Viewpoint
Dec. 19, 2019
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...
Css Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
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...
Ps Recalls
Dec. 19, 2019
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 ...
Skud
Dec. 19, 2019
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...
Po Primary
Dec. 19, 2019
Is it time to expand the playing field?
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Dec. 19, 2019
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...
Periscope
Dec. 19, 2019
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...
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