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  • April 2023

    • April 2023

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    Surgical/Critical Care

    An ever-evolving environment

    March 23, 2023
    The Operating Room is the center of it all. Compare it to the main stage. Or the cockpit. Or home plate. It is, rightly so, the most heavily focused upon environment within the...
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    Storage Primary
    Sourcing & Logistics

    Racked and stacked: Shelving, storage options keep supply chain on track

    Rick Dana Barlow
    March 23, 2023
    Shelving and storage serve as the bones, if not the entire skeleton, of a storeroom or warehouse, which represents the bulwark of a healthcare organization’s operational success...
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    Surgical/Critical Care

    Talent and technology must converge in respiratory care delivery

    Kara Nadeau
    March 23, 2023
    Breathing is essential to life, but most individuals take it for granted until they experience an issue. In today’s world of contagious respiratory illnesses (RSV, flu, SARS-CoV2...
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    Infection Prevention

    Infection prevention solutions worth watching

    Brenda Silva
    March 23, 2023
    Successful best practices look to enhance protocols and prevention.
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    Pretreatment Primary
    Sterile Processing

    Pre-empting pre-treatment in the OR not CSSD’s preference, nor industry standard

    Rick Dana Barlow
    March 23, 2023
    Among those administratively, clinically, financially and operationally associated with healthcare procedures, most acknowledge that pre-treating surgical devices and instruments...

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    SPD administrative controls play key role in staff safety

    Marie Brewer
    March 23, 2023
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) identify five levels of controls for managing workplace...
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    Sterile Processing

    Hemostats, box locks, and fractures: oh why?!

    Stephen M. Kovach
    March 23, 2023
    QWe are having issues with a lot of our hemostats being fractured in the box lock area. Can you share your thoughts on why this might be happening?ATo me, one of the most common...
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    Sterile Processing

    Don’t be a tool

    Rick Dana Barlow
    March 23, 2023
    Peer into any building contractor or mechanic’s garage, truck or van and you’ll likely see a version of the famed Fibber McGee closet from the 1930s-1940s radio show and movies...
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    Surgical/Critical Care

    Operations Overview

    March 23, 2023
    Courtesy of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), here are some statistics concerning what is going on most frequently within our operating rooms today:· More...
    Value Delivered Primary
    Sourcing & Logistics

    What delivers the “Value” in Value Analysis?

    Karen Conway
    March 23, 2023
    Value analysis is not new; the concept has been around since World War II, when some General Electric engineers were forced to find alternatives for materials that they could...
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