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  • January 2025

    • January 2025

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    Sourcing & Logistics

    Preparing the Supply Chain for Disaster

    Matt MacKenzie
    Dec. 24, 2024
    With cyberattacks and natural disasters on the rise, HPN spoke with Katie Korte, VP of assurance and continuity at Vizient, about what steps to take to prevent worst-case scenarios...
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    Infection Prevention

    Infection Prevention’s Role in Curbing Drug Diversion

    Janette Wider
    Dec. 24, 2024
    James Davis of ECRI shares insights on the current state of drug diversion in the U.S. as well as the impact infection preventionists can make in their facilities.
    Photo courtesy: NorthShore University HealthSystem, HPN’s 2022 SPD of the year
    Photo courtesy: NorthShore University HealthSystem, HPN’s 2022 SPD of the year
    Sterile Processing

    Back to Basics in the SPD

    Kara Nadeau
    Dec. 24, 2024
    HPN highlights sterile processing department (SPD) practices that are foundational to effectiveness and safety.
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    Sterile Processing

    Leading SPDs with Empathy, Gratitude

    David Taylor
    Dec. 24, 2024
    Sterile processing (SP) leaders face immense pressure managing production demands, teams, and high-stakes decisions to ensure safe, high-quality services are provided. Still, ...

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    Sterile Processing

    Wet Loads

    Adam Okada
    Dec. 24, 2024
    Q: “Our facility has been dealing with wet loads for the past six months or so, and we keep increasing our dry time to eliminate it. We now are doing 90 minutes of dry time...
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    Clinical and Supply Chain Collaboration: An International Perspective

    Karen Conway
    Dec. 24, 2024
    Late last year, I once again attended the winter conference of the Health Care Supplies Association (HCSA), the procurement association for the National Health Service...
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    Sourcing & Logistics

    New Year, (Some) New Topics

    Janette Wider
    Dec. 24, 2024
    As I mentioned in my last editorial of 2024, Healthcare Purchasing News (HPN) has decided to move away from the traditional grid format for editorial calendars that many of you...