OCTOBER COVER STORY
What’s Your Style? Leadership Approaches and Team Building in the OR
Leadership and strong teams are important in any organization, but especially in the high-stress, high-stakes setting of the operating room. This makes leadership development and team building critical to perioperative success.
COMPANY SHOWCASE
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[Sponsored] Company Showcase: ASP
Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) is a leader in infection prevention, dedicated to creating the products, solutions and processes needed by practitioners to protect patients during their most critical moments.
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[Sponsored] Company Showcase: Medline
Medline’s priority is patient safety and this starts with protecting patients against leading hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).
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[Sponsored] Corporate Profile: Healthmark Industries Provides Products, Newsletter and Education
For over 50 years Healthmark has provided innovative intelligent solutions to fit the needs of health care facilities. 2021 has been a year of growth, offering new products and providing new educational services.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
SC Johnson Professional Launches New Healthcare Website
SC Johnson Professional has launched a new website for its healthcare portfolio, scjp.com/healthcare. SC Johnson Professional Healthcare products contribute to helping to slow the spread of infection within health care facilities, by implementing safety protocols that...
Hologic Debuts Documentary-Style Film Highlighting One Woman’s Breast Cancer Journey Timed to Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day
Global leader in women’s health partners with medical streaming platform, Mediflix, to provide first-of-its-kind awareness and education tool highlighting reconstructive options for breast cancer patients In conjunction with ongoing Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
New Preoperative Surgical Planning Product for Total Hip Arthroplasty
Intellijoint Surgical has announced a new preoperative surgical planning product for total hip arthroplasty. Intellijoint VIEW is a surgical planning software that provides targets for functional cup position accounting for hip-spine relationship and implant...
Fujifilm Launches First FDA Cleared Dual-Channel Endoscope for Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Applications
Fujifilm will showcase its El-740D/S dual-channel endoscope at the American College of Gastroenterology convention in Las Vegas, October 22-27 FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation, a provider of endoscopic imaging and endosurgical solutions, has announced the...
Study: Single-Use Bronchoscopes Can Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates by 53%
Hospitals that perform bronchoscopies, a common endoscopy procedure, can reduce readmission rates by over half, and potentially lower costs, by adopting single-use flexible bronchoscopes, according to a new abstract that was submitted and presented at the recently...
SPOTLIGHT
Spotlight On: Kristy A. Wheeler, MSN, RN, CNOR, Senior Clinical Nurse II, Acute Care Emergency Surgery Service Line Coordinator, University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Baltimore
As a teenager, Kristy Wheeler grew up watching “ER,” the 15-season NBC medical drama that followed the lives of emergency room staff at a fictional Chicago hospital. The show resonated with her so much so that Wheeler decided to pursue a career as a surgical technologist.
Spotlight On: David Walz
Growing up on a hog farm in Minnesota, David Walz remembers getting a hands-on education caring for living things early in life. Although it’s not a straight line from there to the human health care field, the execution of such duties “aligns with many of the things we have to do as nurses,” Walz said.
Spotlight On: Amanda Heitman
As a young child growing up on a farm in Kansas, Amanda Heitman remembers visits to her grandfather, an osteopath who worked from his home, as influential in her eventual career in nursing.
Spotlight On: Leticia Ramirez
As a nursing leader, Ramirez said she is motivated to make her institution a great place to work, making sure staff are motivated to care for their patients, themselves and to help the center thrive.
Spotlight On: Paula Axtell, RN, BSN, CNOR, Interim Senior Director of Perioperative Services with St. Mary Medical Center of Long Beach, California
Although motherhood awakened the feelings of caregiving that first led Paula Axtell to consider pursuing a career in nursing, it was confidence in her academic abilities that inspired her to believe she could be successful at the job.
PRODUCT SHOWROOM
Sterilization Market Growth Continues
The global medical device sterilization market is expected to gain market growth in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028. Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the global medical device sterilization market is expected to reach $7.6 billion by 2028. The global...
Mobile Medical International Corporation Mobile Sterile Processing System
Mobile Medical International Corporation (mmic) provides temporary sterile processing facilities for hospitals that are undergoing renovations, expansions, experiencing overcapacity issues and/or in cases of natural disaster. The Mobile Sterile Processing System...
Healthmark Form-Fitting UnderGuard Tray Liners
The Healthmark Form-Fitting UnderGuard Tray Liners are dye-cut so they form a protective barrier for instruments from the bottom and sides of instrument baskets. Produced from pure cellulose ECF wood pulp, manufactured with low chloride and sulfate content and free...
Key Surgical T-EZ Pro
Effective sterilization cannot occur without proper decontamination. Washer-disinfectors used in that process need to be evaluated daily for cleaning effectiveness. The T-EZ Pro from Key Surgical is a new product designed for daily testing of washer-disinfectors in...
ASP STERRAD 100NX System with ALLClear Technology
STERRAD systems continue to be a leader in hydrogen peroxide based low-temperature sterilization with over 20,000 systems installed globally. Health care institutions around the world have trusted STERRAD systems for decades to safely sterilize medical instruments and...
Sterilis Solutions Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) Autoclave/Grinding System
Sterilis Solutions Regulated Medical Waste (RMW) Autoclave/Grinding System provides on-demand remediation of RMW at the point of use. The Remediator takes sharps containers and red bag waste from biohazardous waste into harmless confetti, to be thrown safely in the...
OUT OF THE OR
The Secret Food Club
By Kirsten Serrano In addition to nutrition work, I am a farmer. One of my big revelations as a farmer is that when it comes to the diversity of food – we’ve been duped. There is a whole world of food that’s probably not on your radar, one that contains a rich...
Three Tips to Help Relieve Stress
How one deals with stress can make a huge difference in our health as well as our relationships and our productivity, so allow me to offer a few thoughts on stress management.
Family Meal With Flavor and Nutrition
This recipe requires minimal prep and calls for on-hand ingredients like dairy food favorites that provide nutrients people of all ages need to grow and maintain strong bodies and minds.
Go Plant Based for Healthy Meal Options
By Family Features Filling the kitchen with plant-based ingredients is an easy way to nudge kids and adults toward nutritious afternoon snacks and make busy weeknight dinners as healthy as they are delicious. When you consume foods that boost your energy and give your...
Contest – October 2021
Building Confidence During Uncertain Times
We are more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and we still have a lot of uncertainty. Health remains on the forefront of everyone’s mind, and we are all doing our part to stay healthy.
Contest – September 2021
Study Shows Children Recycle Brain Regions When Acquiring New Skills
Scientists studied the brain activity of school-aged children during development and found that regions that activated upon seeing limbs (hands, legs, etc.) subsequently activated upon seeing faces or words when the children grew older. The research, by scientists at...
Fast, Flavorful Meals When You’re Short on Time
Quality meals don’t have to drain hours from your day; satisfying taste is possible in just minutes when you have a few strategies that can help make meal prep easier and the results more enjoyable.