Hospital’s sterile processing departments play an under-the-radar yet critically important role in patient care. While their function may not be prominently known to patients, they are responsible for ...

While surgeons, operating room nurses and anesthesiologists have more visibility in providing safe and high-quality surgical care, central sterile processing staff also plays a critical role in ...

Two of the documents Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center uses which are related to sterile processing are a sterile processing department testing and load form and sterile processing ...

Amy Webb, SPD Manager at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert, shares how CensiTrac is driving smarter workflows in sterile ...

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora has had its immediate jeopardy warning removed following changes to its sterile processing ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. DMC Children's Hospital separating sterile processing ...

Following an investigation into unclean surgical tools, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare found that multiple ...

Sterile processing technicians are being celebrated for their important role and commitment to patient safety during the annual National Healthcare Central Service/Sterile Processing Week, Oct. 9-15.

State health investigators found the sterile processing department left hundreds of contaminated surgical instrument sets ...

Community Hospital closed its operating room last Thursday after staff discovered contaminants in its sterile processing ...