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No Cookie Cutter Approach- Part 2

For Part 2 of our “No Cookie Cutter Approach” Series, let’s talk about how to better organize the storage room for more efficient space usage and faster picking. Track systems can increase the storage capacity of a supply room by up to 50% without increasing the footprint. While you gain storage efficiency you may lose…

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Where’s My Indicator

Sterility indicators are everywhere…and nowhere. Every facility uses some form of process indicator to sterilize and store instruments. These chemical indicators are usually placed inside the sterilization package, but they also are sometimes integrated into or printed on products and packs themselves. Examples of integrated chemical indicators include sterilization tape, indicator dots on sterilization filters,…

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Vendor Policy Challenges – Part II: The Vendor Perspective

For context, please refer to Part I… The rep often feels like they are set up to fail with vendor policies. The variation between each facility is hard enough to navigate, but it’s become even more challenging sourcing inventory with more ASCs and some facilities require back-ups for every tray delivered. Those trays I am…

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