The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

They are CRDAMC's invisible gladiators of patient safety, tasked with a nasty mission: infection prevention. Whether dressed head to toe in personal protective gear or huddled over desks peering ...

As ASCs become a more convenient, less costly alternative to hospital-based surgeries, it’s important that sterile processing procedures are implemented properly and consistently to ensure safe and ...

In the era of Ebola, COVID-19, and even Legionnaires, technicians and other staff working behind the scenes to ensure provider and patient safety continue to face a long-recognized but under addressed ...

While they don’t always receive praise for their work, central sterile technicians in the sterile processing department are integral to patient care. “The sterile processing department and central ...

Healthcare sterilization systems remain central across clinical and laboratory environments. Procedural equipment demand continued across medical and pharmaceutical segments. Operational expansion ...