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“Since 2004, the Gamma3 System has been the proven work horse of our Trauma business,” said Eric Tamweber, vice president and general manager, Stryker’s Trauma business unit. “But we aren’t proven because we have a legacy; we have a legacy because we are proven. That’s why we’re so excited to introduce Gamma4 – an enhanced, modern product that is designed to fulfill our customers’ hip fracture needs.”
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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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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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