October 22, 2019 Spotlight
Facility/Position: Sterile Processing Director of a Large Health Facility in Southern California Q: What is the biggest impact of dirty data on your department? ”For…
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October 17, 2019 Quizzes & Polls
Can you guess the average cost for these 10 popular instruments? Test your knowledge and take the quiz!
October 16, 2019 Quizzes & Polls
September 30, 2019 Definitions
The first step of understanding Data Integrity and its importance is to define Data and how it applies surgical operations. Data is information in the form of quantities, characters,…
September 19, 2019 Quizzes & Polls
August 27, 2019 Definitions
Preference cards operate much like a surgical passport. If an instrument tray or surgical supply is not listed on a preference card, it can’t make its way into a…
August 27, 2019 Quizzes & Polls
Surgical instrument substitutes can be one of the most frustrating or beneficial aspects of tray assembly and operating room set ups, depending on the state of your count sheet data. So what does your data look like and how is it affecting your team’s confidence in substituting instruments? Share your insights with us!
August 26, 2019 Tips
Hoarders everywhere shudder at her name. The tycoon of tidy, Japanese organizational consultant Marie Kondo, became a cultural sensation with her how-to books and eventual…
August 19, 2019 Spotlight
Name: Randalyn Harreld Employer/Position: Former Sterile Processing Manager, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CSPM, CFER, BLS at the Medical University of South Carolina Q: How do “dirty”…
August 16, 2019 Knowledge
The Demogorgon, Mind-Flayer, and Hopper. Specialty neuro instruments for Dr. Johnson’s accessory tray, right? Well, not quite. But how would you know? If you saw…
August 16, 2019 Data
Data, data, data, blah, blah, blah…. In today’s digital world, it’s a word that we hear almost every day. But what exactly is data, and…
August 14, 2019 Knowledge
An Unfortunate and Unnecessary Loss in the Fight Against Rising Supply Costs.
