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Tray optimization streamlines instruments more effectively to reduce the number of instruments opened and used with each surgical procedure, which subsequently helps eliminate the need for costly and time-consuming processing of duplicate and unused devices.
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By Susan Klacik The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) released its updated Guideline for Processing Flexible Endoscopes. The revised guideline adds 10 new topics that provide more detailed guidance and delivers best practices for all stages of...
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The Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA) Foundation has announced that it will provide a paid scholarship for a Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) certification holder and active member of HSPA to volunteer aboard Mercy Ships on a...
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Sterile processing-related functions and processes are coming under greater surveyor and auditing scrutiny, and case carts are just one aspect drawing more frequent attention. In fact, hospitals and other health care organizations are being cited more frequently in regulatory audits as they and other regulatory bodies observe the use and flow of case carts.1
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Surgical instrument inventories come in all shapes and sizes, and today’s sterile processing (SP) professionals have the seemingly insurmountable task of knowing thousands of instruments used within their health care organizations on a day-to-day basis. Beyond that, they must sort through hundreds of tangled trays to ensure the right instruments go into the correct instrument set.Â
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Sterile processing (SP) professionals are in surging demand today because of a mix of retirement and pandemic-related resignations. Still, a critical fact remains: work in the SP department (SPD) is still there, and the need for quality, dedicated and well-trained technicians is as essential as ever.  Â
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