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Economists and health care professionals agree that most of these problems are not likely to go away soon. Our best chance to turn these situations around is for everyone in health care to come together to design and support multifaceted, long-term solutions and participate in public-private partnerships to make them work.
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As the chief executive officer of the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI), I frequently interact with nurse leaders and often our conversations turn to staffing challenges. Most of the perioperative leaders I have spoken with have said that they are having difficulty hiring the needed staff including perioperative nurses and surgical technologists.
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When it comes to processing multi-use medical devices, sterilization often gets the splashy headlines, but cleaning is just as – if not more – important, and with ANSI/AAMI ST98:2022, cleaning is the star. The new standard, which formalizes requirements for cleaning validation methods, not only advances understanding of and conformance with cleaning best practices but has the potential to have an impact on the design and development of medical devices for years to come.
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Olympus will distribute EndoClot Polysaccharide Hemostatic Spray and EndoClot Submucosal Injection Solution, two important products developed by EndoClot Plus Inc. (EPI), which joined with Olympus in a U.S. distribution agreement earlier in the year.
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New sentinel event data has been released by The Joint Commission to help accredited organizations mitigate and prevent future harm to care recipients. The Joint Commission reviewed 832 sentinel events this year, from Jan. 1 to June 30, with the majority of these – 90% (752) – being voluntarily self-reported by an accredited or certified organization. The remaining 80 sentinel events were reported either by patients (or their families) or employees (current or former) of the organization.
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Aspen Surgical Products Inc., a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity and a leader in disposable surgical products, announced the acquisition of Symmetry Surgical from RoundTable Healthcare Partners. Symmetry represents Aspen’s 15th acquisition in total and sixth...
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