HSPA’s Tony Thurmond shares four ways sterile processing teams can build professionalism and pride, from continuous development to SPD tours.
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Preoperative Readiness on the Unit: Strengthening the Transition From Inpatient Nursing to the Operating Room
A patient’s surgical journey does not begin when the stretcher reaches the operating room. For hospitalized patients scheduled for surgery, much of the preparation occurs hours before that transition on the inpatient nursing unit.
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Surgical Solutions and Renovo Tackle OR Delays, SPD Staffing Gaps
New partnership brings sterile processing staff, instrument reprocessing and equipment maintenance under one integrated approach
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MORE Prefab Offers Custom OR Wall Systems
The new company’s flagship mOR-wall stainless steel system is fabricated offsite to cut downtime during operating room renovations.
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Cedars-Sinai Establishes Center for Autonomous Robotic Surgery
This new initiative bringing surgeons and engineers together to develop the next generation of surgical robots capable of performing certain surgical tasks autonomously while working alongside surgeons in the operating room.
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Perioperative Nursing Leader Brenda Ulmer Dies at 80
Brenda Cole Ulmer, a longtime perioperative nursing leader, educator and advocate for operating room safety, died Oct. 1, 2026, at age 80.
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