October 2023

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Surgical/Critical Care

A Look at the Current Pediatric Workforce

Sept. 28, 2023
Current challenges could lead to a troubling future
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Infection Prevention

Giving a Hand to Best Hygiene Practices

Sept. 28, 2023
Protocol awareness and product access remain key factors for accountability
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Sourcing & Logistics

Midwestern IDN supply chain team creates, regenerates value for clinicians, patients

Sept. 28, 2023
Success rooted in resource life cycle via communication, facilitation, sourcing, usage
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Sterile Processing

The changing landscape of sterile processing storage and containment

Sept. 28, 2023
Surgical procedures continue to evolve, as do the instruments required to perform them. In some cases, instrument sets have grown bigger with the addition of items, requiring ...
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Sourcing & Logistics

UV technologies attract searchlights up to, during COVID-19 pandemic

Sept. 28, 2023
But does viral retreat to endemic status dim prospects going forward?

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Sterile Processing

Sterile Processing Week Is Almost Here: Invite Others to the Party

Sept. 28, 2023
Decades ago, the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (previously known as IAHCSMM), created Sterile Processing Week—seven dedicated days in October spent honoring those ...
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Continuing Education

Education Nation: Sterile Processing Leadership Planning Sessions

Sept. 28, 2023
Every scenario, planned or not, in which a group of professionals can come together to pull from their expertise and carry out necessary actions that create the anticipated or...
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Sourcing & Logistics

E-VALUE-ating Products Across Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors

Sept. 28, 2023
In the April 2023 edition of Value.Delivered, I wrote a column entitled “What Delivers the Value in Value Analysis,” which recapped a webinar1 on how sourcing professionals are...
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Sterile Processing

Testing Scissors- Part 2

Sept. 28, 2023
Q: September’s edition asked: “One of my fellow workers will not use the non-latex material to test scissors. Instead, they use gauze. Is that acceptable?”Let’s continue.My assumption...
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Sourcing & Logistics

C-Suite Magnificent 7

Sept. 28, 2023
During the last decade, healthcare provider organization C-suites have expanded with a variety of “new” titles that run parallel to several of the leading college football conferences...