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 9, 2023 | Infection Control, News
CREDIT: UAB Photo Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., acting director for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has named Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., as director of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Marrazzo is currently the...
