Explore the fusion of process monitoring and situation awareness in sterile processing, fostering informed decision-making for safe patient care from a presentation at HSPA24. In health care, 2 ...

In today's healthcare environment, two seemingly conflicting concerns exist reducing operating budgets and providing quality patient outcomes. While many healthcare professionals see these as being at ...

Central sterile processing is essential for a safe and efficient operating room. Mistakes in sterilization can cause delays in surgery and patient infections, among other issues. Alecia Cooper, RN, BS ...

Sterile product manufacturing and related testing have evolved significantly during the last 30 years. From requirements for acceptance criteria for media-fill tests, to developing validated ...

A round 140 surgeries and other invasive procedures take place in our hospital system each week day — and at each one, a surgeon will walk into the operating room and find his or her instruments ...

Christy Eatmon, Global Steriles SME, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Pharma Services Group, discusses how Thermo Fisher Scientific ...

Manufacturing modern medicines is a multistage process, and each step introduces the opportunity for contamination, which can ...

Growing orthopedic (ortho) and spine surgical volume raises an important question: can ASC support structures handle the increased workloads and regulatory requirements without increased financial ...

Sterile processing technicians, also known as medical equipment preparers, handle the cleaning and sterilization of equipment used in laboratories and healthcare facilities. Pharmacy technicians ...

Getinge and SteriPro International have entered a strategic partnership to support safer workflows and a scalable approach for surgical services in North American sterile processing departments. The ...

This article summarizes changes to the Akers–Agalloco aseptic processing risk analysis model (first presented in Pharmaceutical Technology's November 2005 issue) as well as some of the underlying ...