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  • September 2023

    • September 2023

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    Primary Boots
    Sourcing & Logistics

    Servicing the Wild West of supply chain beyond the hospital confines

    Rick Dana Barlow
    Aug. 25, 2023
    ASCs, Hospital-at-Home programs, other nonacute options expand, stretch product demands
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    Surgical/Critical Care

    Room Decontamination Challenges Remain High Post-COVID

    Kara Nadeau
    Aug. 25, 2023
    Despite years of progress in reducing healthcare associated infections (HAIs), research from The Leapfrog Group found the average risk of three HAIs - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococc...
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    Infection Prevention

    Preventing SSIs and HAIs in a post-COVID landscape

    Janette Wider
    Aug. 25, 2023
    Industry leaders address challenges that remain
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    Sterile Processing

    Best Practices Beat Fast Processes Every Time

    Kara Nadeau
    Aug. 25, 2023
    Manual Versus Automated Device/Instrument Cleaning
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    Monitoring Primary
    Surgical/Critical Care

    Soothing pain points in patient monitoring techniques, technologies

    Rick Dana Barlow
    Aug. 25, 2023
    Against the backdrop of swirling healthcare industry pressures over the years, from the expansion and growth of diseases and viruses to the budgetary speedbumps of economic planning...

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    Sterile Processing

    Collaboration Boosts SPD Hand-Hygiene Compliance

    Monique Jelks
    Aug. 25, 2023
    Hand hygiene is the most important step healthcare workers can take to protect themselves and others from the spread of infection. Handwashing is a regulatory requirement that...
    Value Delivered Primary
    Sourcing & Logistics

    The Promise of Physician Leadership in Supply Chain

    Karen Conway
    Aug. 25, 2023
    One of my first jobs in healthcare was supporting the merger of two Catholic healthcare systems, and more specifically, an initiative to better align the medical staff and the...
    Sp Insights Primary
    Sterile Processing

    Testing Scissors - Part 1

    Stephen M. Kovach
    Aug. 25, 2023
    Q: “One of my fellow workers will not use the non-latex material to test scissors. Instead, they use gauze. Is that acceptable?”A: Medical device reprocessing (MDR) departments...
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    Continuing Education

    How Safe is Your Sink?

    Aug. 25, 2023
    Staying safe when manually cleaning requires attention to potential safety hazards both in and out of the sink.
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    Sourcing & Logistics

    Hail Supplynet!

    Rick Dana Barlow
    Aug. 25, 2023
    If the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t already disrupt the supply chain status quo, now comes the extra-strength hubris and hype of artificial intelligence (AI).Depending on who’s making...
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