Workplace and interdepartmental conflict are all too common occurrences in today’s health care landscape, and with time and resource constraints squeezing more and more health care professionals, it’s becoming even more challenging.
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Point-of-Use Care: The OR’s Role in Safe, Effective Device Processing
Sterile Processing (SP) professionals’ critical core responsibility is the processing of instrumentation and the delivery of clean, high-level disinfected or sterilized devices that are well functioning and ready for patient use in the operating room and other patient care areas.
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AORN Updates Guideline on Sterilization Packaging
By Susan Klacik The primary objective of sterilization packaging is to maintain the sterile integrity of the packaged contents until they are used. Many factors influence this outcome and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ (AORN’s) newly updated...
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New IAHCSMM Offerings Fuel Knowledge, Feed the Senses
By Julie E. Williamson The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) recognizes that today’s sterile processing (SP) professionals are seeking continuing education and knowledge-building opportunities that suit their busy...
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TJC Releases Safety Alert on Ophthalmology Devices; FDA Modifies Medical Device Reporting Process
By Susan Klacik, BS, CRCST, CIS, CHL, ACE, FCS In May 2019, The Joint Commission (TJC) issued a Quick Safety alert for tonometers and other devices that touch the eye. A tonometer is a device used to determine the intraocular pressure, the fluid pressure inside the...
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Central Service Week Offers Golden Opportunity to Honor Profession
By Julie E. Williamson Each year, beginning the second Sunday of October, International Central Service Week (celebrated Oct. 13-19 this year), recognizes Central Service/Sterile Processing (CS/SP) professionals for their enduring commitment to quality, patient safety...
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