When it comes to physician preference in the healthcare organization, the two sides generally and historically follow this trend: Physicians represent church; Supply Chain remains...
Maintaining normothermia in the surgical patient — keeping core body temperature consistently above 36° C (96.8° F) — demands diligence, adherence to best practices, and choosing...
Many factors can lead to hypothermia — anesthetics, air movement, cooler-than-normal temperatures in the surgical suite, evaporation of skin-prep solutions and other reasons. ...
Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) can put a significant dent in hospitals’ budgets since Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services refused to reimburse for certain infections...
To the average individual on the street, the topic of surgical instrument storage and containers seems like no big deal. How complicated can it really be to contain and store ...
A recent scientific study,1 funded by Halyard Health and published in the American Journal of Infection Control, on the effectiveness of rigid containers versus wrapped instrument...
Submit your questions email: [email protected] phone: (941) 927-9345 ext. 202 Visit the ArchivesQIn accordance with the surgeon’s preference lists prior to the start of a case...
Fellowship status is among the highest honors professional organizations can bestow upon their members. The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management...
From individual functions and roles to entire departments and operations, outsourcing remains a fiscally attractive opportunity for some healthcare organizations, whether they...
One key motivation for outsourcing functions, services or even entire departments involves reaping some semblance of a decent return-on-investment for the organization, whether...
The brilliant minds at beleaguered Theranos Inc. must have heaved a sigh of relief as Mylan Pharmaceuticals usurped as much negative publicity as word leaked out the company had...
What in the world is this Open Payments thing? In a nutshell, it is a portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act...
The risk for contamination of medical equipment and environmental surfaces is ever-present in the healthcare environment. However, risk can be successfully mitigated in most cases...
Imagine you are a healthcare system interested in adopting GS1 standards – where do you start? That’s the question that Alberta Health Services (AHS) asked and then took an important...
Expiration dates have become ubiquitous on medical supplies. When I started in this field there were limited items with expiration dates — primarily medications and items that...
Antimicrobial hospital pillows Care Line hospital pillows, made in the USA, come in a variety of different types, colors, sizes and loft to meet patient and facility needs. Single...
