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  • February 2024

    • February 2024

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    Sourcing & Logistics

    Supply chain strives for shelf respect in storage

    Rick Dana Barlow
    Jan. 30, 2024
    The chief supply chain executive at an award-winning integrated delivery network (IDN) in the southeast once quipped that he knows precisely when his team excels at their craft...
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    Surgical/Critical Care

    Surgical Suite Turnover: Best Practices from Gundersen Health

    Janette Wider
    Jan. 30, 2024
    Several nurses from Gundersen Health share pain points, successes, and best practices
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    Infection Prevention

    Nursing’s Role in Reducing Wrong-Surgery Incidence

    Mark Hagland
    Jan. 30, 2024
    Research is confirming that the frequency of wrong surgery—which can include wrong-site surgery—can be dramatically reduced through effective surgical-team communication and following...
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    Sterile Processing

    Here’s What Sterile Processing Professionals Have on their Manufacturer IFU Wish Lists

    Kara Nadeau
    Jan. 30, 2024
    Sterile processing (SP) professionals must abide by manufacturer instructions for use (IFU) when reprocessing instruments and devices – but today that’s no easy task. Lack of ...

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    Sterile Processing

    Nitrogen

    Stephen M. Kovach
    Jan. 30, 2024
    Q: “We recently had a consultant come in and tell us we need nitrogen compressed air in prep/pack to blow out cannulas. I have never heard this before. I only know about medical...
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    Sterile Processing

    Good SPD-OR Relationships Enhance Resource Utilization, Cut Waste and Risk

    Robert Leenan
    Jan. 30, 2024
    No other departments are more aligned than the Sterile Processing department (SPD) and operating room (OR), with each playing a vital role in the successes and failures of the...
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    Surgical/Critical Care

    Patient Monitoring Check-In with GE Healthcare

    Janette Wider
    Jan. 30, 2024
    Healthcare Purchasing News connected with general manager of monitoring and patient care solutions at GE Healthcare to discuss challenges and solutions surrounding patient monitoring...
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    Sourcing & Logistics

    Health and the Supply Chain Have Their Day at COP28

    Karen Conway
    Jan. 30, 2024
    Just over 11 years ago, Superstorm Sandy hit the New York City and New Jersey coastlines. I still recall the awe and the pride I felt as my friend Christopher O’Connor, then president...
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    3M Health Care

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    Sterile Processing

    Bake Until Done

    Janette Wider
    Jan. 30, 2024
    My grandmother lived with my family in my parents’ home in Connecticut before I was born until she passed away in 1997 when I was 9 years old. Her parents immigrated from Sweden...