Nancy Jo Vinson, RN, BA, CASC, of Healthcare Consultants International (a subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care) and NJM Consulting, addresses four reader questions ...

Central sterile processing is essential for a safe and efficient operating room. Mistakes in sterilization can cause delays in surgery and patient infections, among other issues. Alecia Cooper, RN, BS ...

A round 140 surgeries and other invasive procedures take place in our hospital system each week day — and at each one, a surgeon will walk into the operating room and find his or her instruments ...

What the Infection Preventionists Should Be Looking at in a Sterile Processing Department The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly ...

William Beaumont Army Medical Center's Sterile Processing Department (SPD) celebrated International Central Service Week, Oct. 14-20, to show appreciation and raise awareness of SPD staff duties and ...

The increasing availability of Single-Use, Sterile, Pre-Packaged (SSP) surgical instruments and implants provides an unprecedented opportunity for cost savings due to increased surgery throughput, ...