Jan 24, 2023 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
How to support, encourage, and cultivate your highest sterile processing performers Is it Samantha? Juanita? Carl or Nadyia? Who is that one person on the team who is the undeniable captain of productivity? Which technician carries the rest of the department on their... 
Dec 20, 2022 | Author: Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CSSNerd, Featured, Sterile Processing
Orthopedic instruments, while unique and comprehensive in their design, are simply instruments. Are they simple instruments? Absolutely not. They often have a complex anatomy, come equipped with more elaborate IFUs, and there is never just one set used in a surgical... 
Dec 6, 2022 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
Everyone loves being recognized for achievement and success. There is something deep down inside each of us that begins to glow a little when someone gives us a compliment or we win some kind of big award. In the world of sterile processing, nothing brings this... 
Nov 22, 2022 | Author: Leslie Kronstedt, Featured, Sterile Processing
Biofilms are all around us in the OR environment. It takes a team approach to combat biofilm formation. Stronger together? Microorganisms think so too. In a strategy to survive, microorganisms form a protective barrier linked together to make biofilm communities. Most... 
Nov 8, 2022 | News, Sterile Processing
Iconocare, a healthcare cost containment company, today announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance (#K210478) to remanufacture and market used EndoWrist SI robotic attachments (8mm Monopolar Curved Scissors) originally produced by Intuitive Surgical, Inc., the... 
Nov 8, 2022 | Author: Julie Williamson, Featured, Sterile Processing
Each year, beginning the second Sunday of October and continuing through the following Saturday, Sterile Processing Week provides a perfect opportunity to honor the profession, increase understanding and recognition of the discipline’s vital contributions, and get...
