Don Sadler

In only about 15 years, robotic surgery has become increasingly common for many different types of surgical procedures.

Efficiency is especially critical in today’s post-health care reform environment.

The looming shortage of registered nurses in the U.S. has been well publicized.

Last year, the CMS launched a renewed effort to reduce the frequency of HACs among hospitalized patients.

The proper cleaning and reprocessing of endoscopes and other semi-critical reusable medical equipment (RME) has taken on added urgency.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 5 and 10 percent of all hospital patients become infected with an HAI each year, or a total of about two million patients, and nearly 100,000 of them die as a result of the HAI.