Oct 25, 2023 | Blog, Infection Control, Sterile Processing
What makes an ultrasonic surgical instrument cleaner a must-have for your ambulatory surgery center (ASC)? ASCs thrive on specialized care and lower costs. As of 2019, nearly 60 percent of all outpatient surgeries were performed in an ASC.¹ As the number of outpatient... 
Oct 18, 2023 | Author: Jonathan Wilder, PhD, Featured, Infection Control, Sterile Processing
Do Your Cleaning Processes Have a Sweet Spot? Some of you have experienced my sterile processing department (SPD) song parodies at conferences. Here’s the latest, with homage and apologies to the late, great Sam Cooke: It was cold in the wash phase, The enzymes could... 
Oct 11, 2023 | Blog, Infection Control, Sterile Processing, Ultrasonics
Ultrasonic surgical instrument cleaners work by sending high-frequency sound waves through a liquid that usually includes water and an enzymatic cleaner. These sound waves produce bubbles that implode in a process called cavitation. The implosion creates a high-energy... 
Oct 4, 2023 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Infection Control, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
CREDIT: Thomas Chintala, Jr. A Call to Action around Loaner Quality A recent photograph of surgical instruments haphazardly stacked on a trash can outside a hospital took our corner of the internet by storm and provided a sobering snapshot of a much larger issue... 
Aug 29, 2023 | Infection Control, News
Vaxess Technologies, Inc., a life sciences company developing a shelf-stable vaccine patch with potential for self-application, announced that it is collaborating with AstraZeneca for the evaluation of an RNA-based pandemic influenza prototype vaccine in patch format.... 
Aug 22, 2023 | Infection Control, News
In the lab: The jars contain various cell wall precursors that the Bonn researchers have isolated for analysis, including the target structures of Clovibactin. CREDIT: Gregor Hübl/University of Bonn More and more bacterial pathogens are developing resistance. There is...
