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Why Use Enzymes for Pretreatment, Transport and Holding?
Successful instrument processing starts at point of use and continues with strategies for preventing dried soils during transport and holding. This includes instruments, devices and endoscopes. How does the lack of scrubbing and friction during transport and holding impact our choice of pretreatment and cleaning chemicals? Detergents aid cleaning by reducing surface tension, allowing water…
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5 Common Sense “Secrets” for Successfully Selling to Sterile Processing Leaders
This article isn’t written as much for Sterile Processing leaders as it is for those who wish to sell to them. It’s for the hungry instrument vendor who earnestly wants to get their tungsten carbide scissors in the hands of your techs and ultimately your surgeons. For the three-piece-suited sales executive knocking on your door with brochures…
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When Disruption Meets Innovation- A Vendor Spotlight with Innovative Sterilization Technologies/ONE TRAY
One of the best decisions to make as a healthcare professional is an informed decision and when it comes to disruptive technology, that is the only way to approach implementation. On this week’s release of the Beyond Clean Vendor Spotlight Series,…
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Sterile Processing & COVID-19
COVID-19 has been at the forefront of the media and will likely remain there for the foreseeable future. More evidence of how long SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19 virus) can survive on surfaces, such as medical devices and equipment, is being compiled. The CDC states: “…coronavirus may remain viable for hours to days on surfaces made from a…
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Proactive Safeguards for HVAC & COVID-19: Special Release
The time has come to recognize airborne transmission of the COVID-19 disease (Report: Transmission Potential of SARS-CoV-2 in Viral Shedding Observed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center). Concern now revolves around the possibility that the virus can be circulated throughout a building or distributed in the air delivered by its HVAC system. To the…
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3 Critical Elements for Reducing Dried Soils in Endoscopes
Endoscopy teams need protocols and supplies to prevent dried soils in endoscopes. Delays and dried soils may lead to biofilm and potential patient infections. The right supplies will help deal with three critical elements for reducing dried soils: Time, time and time! When researching supplies for endoscopy point of use precleaning, test samples of products…
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A Chemical Education- Vendor Spotlight with Certol International
When it comes to implementing reliable consistent chemicals to do the dirtiest jobs in sterile processing, few names rise to the top like Certol International. With a 40-year track record in chemical manufacturing for infection prevention products,…
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Against the CC-Shotgun (and Other Email Etiquette Tips for Sterile Processing Professionals)
“Oops!” I knew I had really stepped in it this time. Early one Monday morning I received a call from an OR manager wanting to “talk” to me about a recent email I had sent. Only thing was, I knew I hadn’t sent her any recent emails. But as I waited for the elevator to…
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COVID-19 & HVAC Special Report
It appears that recent research into the COVID-19 virus has narrowed to that of “transmission by droplet”. That being said, droplets include different types, with those of a larger diameter (micron-size) which, after expulsion from an infectious individual may drop to the ground or surface by gravity to be “cleaned” or “removed” through surface disinfection….
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