April 2024

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Sourcing & Logistics

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advance Supply Chain Operations

March 26, 2024
Three supply chain professionals share their perspectives on the benefits of DEI programs and diversity when it comes to suppliers
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Surgical/Critical Care

Flexible Nutrition and Drug Delivery Supports Patient-Centered Care

March 26, 2024
Chronic conditions, such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases, are on the rise. Biopharmaceutical companies continue to develop new drugs...
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Infection Prevention

The Hidden Dangers on Hospital Surfaces

March 26, 2024
Disinfection of both surfaces and air became even more complicated with the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. However, one silver lining came as a result of the pandemic ...
Jan Terry photo — Courtesy of Lurie Children’s Hospital
Sterile Processing

The Multiplier Effect of Success in Sterile Processing

March 26, 2024
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is HPN’s 2024 SPD of the Year
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Continuing Education

Water for cleaning medical devices

March 26, 2024
Considering water as an essential element, its use occurs in several stages of processing

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Bone Cement and Black Light Detection - Part 1

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Q: “Recently, I read a posting on the Internet that one can use black lights to detect residual bone cement. Is this true,1 and could our department use a black light for this...
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Sourcing & Logistics

Making the Case for Standards and Scanning

March 26, 2024
In 2018, I wrote about a successful demonstration program in the U.K. that documented the value of using standardized GS1 barcodes to track inventory from the point of manufacture...
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Sourcing & Logistics

New Look, Same Great Taste

March 26, 2024
In 1985, Coca-Cola introduced “New Coke” in reaction to Pepsi’s “Pepsi Challenge,” an aggressive marketing campaign consisting of a blind taste test between Coca-Cola and Pepsi...