One of the most dangerous places to be in America is on an Operating Room table. The Leapfrog Group estimates that as many as 400,000 patients die every year due to preventable hospital errors. And if ...
Aspen Surgical acquires Ruhof Healthcare to expand global footprint and strengthen infection‑prevention and endoscopy ...
Proper reprocessing of surgical instruments is an ongoing challenge for central supply departments in healthcare facilities. CSSD professionals constantly look for ways to be more efficient and ...
During a June webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), sterilization expert Nancy Fellows, RN, MSN, senior clinical education consultant for ...
NARBERTH, Pa., March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Surgical, recently named one of Philadelphia's 100 Fastest Growing Privately-owned Companies, is expanding its brand in the healthcare ...
Bank of America Securities connected with Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) on reprocessing “noise” in the market. Analyst Travis Steed highlighted that reprocessing is not new to Intuitive, even ...
In certain types of reusable medical devices, inadequate reprocessing between patients can result in the retention of soil or blood, tissue, and other biological debris, according to FDA. Such debris ...
The increasing availability of Single-Use, Sterile, Pre-Packaged (SSP) surgical instruments and implants provides an unprecedented opportunity for cost savings due to increased surgery throughput, ...
In 2011, Shimane University Hospital, in Japan, deployed a high-frequency RFID solution to track surgical instruments used on patients through cleaning, sterilization and storage. The Rigshospitalet ...