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Research shows how hands can contaminate the environment, and recommendations are provided to reduce that risk. This article identifies some key changes to the SHEA/IDSA/APIC recommendations that directly affect Sterile Processing (SP) professionals.
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Fresh insights into ways that surgery centers can prepare for the inevitable leadership transitions they will experience, whether those involve key clinical staff or the ASC’s physician partners.
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Research has shown that washing donned medical gloves with liquid cleaning solutions before removal can reduce the risk of health care workers contracting their patients’ infectious disease, especially during lengthy shifts or public health emergencies.
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Foster leverages his own experiences to help instill in his students a sense of the variety and freedom that exists in a nursing career. He reminds them frequently to “listen to what speaks to you” when setting the courses for their lives, and to “find what makes their hearts happy.”
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The role of the sterile processing department (SPD) is vital when it comes to ensuring patient safety. The SPD is responsible for ensuring that surgical instruments are cleaned, inspected and reprocessed (including high-level disinfection and sterilization) before being returned to the operating room.
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Quote of the Month: May 2023
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