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Right now, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers often rely on outdated best practices related to radiation sterilization and routine control of single-use systems. Fortunately, there is new industry guidance that will help streamline these processes.
A patient’s right to self-determination is a cornerstone of medical ethics, especially for intimate exams involving the most sensitive areas of the body.
By Tony Thurmond, CRCST, CIS, CHL, FCS Sterile processing departments (SPDs) and operating rooms (ORs) are no strangers to the challenges of missing instruments. Such incidents can be attributed to numerous causes, both within the SPD and OR, and when the causes...
By James X Stobinski, Ph.D, RN, CNOR, CSSM(E), CNAMB(E) King Henry, in the play “Henry V” by William Shakespeare, exhorts his followers to return to the fray once again with the phrase, “Once more unto the breach …”1 Building on previous columns, I would like to...