(I dedicate this post to Vermont, Nebraska, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, and every CS professional who feels alone. We have not forgotten you…) Sterile Processing excellence is a team sport. True, there are some departments and leaders out there who have locked their department doors from the inside, and given everything…
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However, the most overlooked and undervalued component in any autoclave is the simple piece of rubber that helps achieve a proper door…
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I’m not a cookie-hater. I just like some things more than cookies – like getting a shout out from the chief of surgery, or receiving a thank you note from the hospital president. I can get my own cookies at Walmart, but those other things are worth far more (to me) than 4 for a…
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There has been a tremendous amount of buzz recently over The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article showing that bigger hospitals do not equal better patient outcomes. Well, welcome to the party NEJM. Those of us cleaning, sterilizing, and supplying surgical instruments and equipment to Operating Rooms in these large hospitals could have told…
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Spend one day in a busy Sterile Processing department and you will be confronted with the critical impact errors can have on a surgical workflow. These surgical instrument reprocessing errors can lead to everything from minor inconveniences to life-threatening “never events.” Forgotten indicators, incorrect light cord attachments, reversely assembled retractor handles, and bone-laden rongeurs —…
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