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Who Decides What Competent Practice Looks Like? Your Peers Do

Who Decides What Competent Practice Looks Like? Your Peers Do

In perioperative nursing, the answer isn’t a distant authority or a corporate board. It’s the nurses who scrub in beside you, circulate in your OR and face the same challenges you do. They come together from hospitals, outpatient centers and specialty practices to define, in clear terms, what it means to do this work well.

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Healthmark Sterile Wipes

Healthmark Sterile Wipes

Designed to support infection prevention and patient safety, Healthmark’s Sterile Wipes provide a simple yet essential step in the endoscope reprocessing workflow. These wipes are specifically intended for use per manufacturer Instructions for Use (IFUs) – to dry endoscopes and associated equipment after manual high-level disinfection, following removal from an automated endoscope reprocessor (AER), or to cover the distal tip of the endoscope during alcohol/air flushes.

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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Offers New Hope for Veterans

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Offers New Hope for Veterans

For generations, America’s veterans have borne not only the visible scars of battle but also the hidden wounds of war. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, traumatic brain injury and anxiety have long haunted those who served, often with devastating effects on their quality of life and their families.

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3 Movements That Boost Balance & Coordination

3 Movements That Boost Balance & Coordination

One very important thing I learned when going through rehab and physical therapy is that after strengthening and lengthening, I had to coordinate my movement with the rest of my body. It was a building process that I was not expecting to be difficult, but it absolutely required a lot of focus. It taught me a great deal about movement.

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The ASC Surge

The ASC Surge

More and more patients today are choosing ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) over traditional hospitals for their surgical procedures. ASC surgical volume is expected to increase by 21% over the next decade to reach 44 million procedures a year by 2034.

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Infection Prevention Market Growth Continues

Infection Prevention Market Growth Continues

The technological advancements in sterilization techniques, conduction of clinical trials for infection control, increasing need for battling antibiotic resistance and the rising incidences of hospital-acquired infections are driving the growth of the infection control market.

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