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 ...

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 ...

A round 140 surgeries and other invasive procedures take place in our hospital system each week day — and at each one, a surgeon will walk into the operating room and find his or her instruments ...

Central sterile processing plays a key role in hospitals’ infection prevention efforts, particularly in relation to surgery patients. Failing to follow the appropriate sterile processing standards can ...

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 ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Saratoga Hospital recently completed a $5 million expansion of its central sterile processing department to accommodate significant growth in complex surgical ...

The Bermuda Hospitals Board today announced that it is “starting a major renovation project for its sterile processing department that will run from February to July 2025.” A spokesperson said, ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services cited Pinnacle Regional Hospital for its sterile processing procedures. Missouri health regulators have told a Boonville, Missouri, hospital that ...