Hospital’s sterile processing departments play an under-the-radar yet critically important role in patient care. While their function may not be prominently known to patients, they are responsible for ...

Growing orthopedic (ortho) and spine surgical volume raises an important question: can ASC support structures handle the increased workloads and regulatory requirements without increased financial ...

Surgical Directions announced today that through its partnerships with health systems and provider groups across the country, more than 1 million patients were touched in 2025 by operational, clinical ...

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 ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. SPDx has received an Advanced Sterile Processing Certification from DNV ...

Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle decreased its sterile processing error rate from 3 percent to 1.5 percent over 37 months, according to a study in The Joint ...

They are CRDAMC's invisible gladiators of patient safety, tasked with a nasty mission: infection prevention. Whether dressed head to toe in personal protective gear or huddled over desks peering ...

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 ...

Learn why Water for Injection (WFI) is a strategic utility in sterile drug manufacturing and how outsourcing WFI production ...

On Monday, Community Hospital announced a major expansion project to its surgical and sterile processing departments to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getinge has a workforce of around 12 Getinge and SteriPro International have entered a strategic partnership to support safer ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Health care-Associated Infections (HAI) is the most frequent adverse event in health-care delivery worldwide. While nosocomial infections, an infection ...