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PURCHASING EWS N 10


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SPECIAL FOCUS 6 Newswire/Fast Stats


10 VERTIGO PRESSES SUPPLY CHAIN COMPENSATION LEVELS 2019 SCM Salary Survey: Several titles tipped topsy-turvy by market turbulence


OPERATING ROOM


16 TRANSPORTATION EQUATION Bigger patients + smaller staff = more pain


16 Patient Connection CS CONNECTION


22 OUT OF SITE, PEACE OF MIND Successful offsite scope and instrument handling


16 22 Instrumental News


30 Self-Study Series Product testing: The overlooked 4th pillar of a robust sterilization process monitoring program


by Susan Flynn


34 CS Solutions Precleaning instruments; proper use of container signage by Ray Taurasi


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36 IAHCSMM Viewpoint Keeping standards before sterilization Proper point-of-use care, transport practices critical for positive outcomes by Julie E. Williamson


INFECTION PREVENTION


38 2019 INFECTION PREVENTION BUYER’S GUIDE Pain, progress in the prevention process


46 Vendor Listings 46 Product Spotlights


38 PRODUCTS & SERVICES


66 ARE YOU WILLING TO BEAR THE STANDARDS? Or are you a standard bearer already?


EXPERT EXCLUSIVES


4 SKU’d Wages uncaged


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People & Opinions Make fakes harder to take Is a global approach to combatting counterfeit medications too much to ask? by Noel O’Hanlon


72 Worth Repeating


74 Standard Practices UDI success requires more than just product standardization by Karen Conway


76 Periscope Morphing equipment disposition into revenue, profi t generator by Cindy Juhas


75 Advertiser Index/Classifi ed 2 June 2019 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS • hpnonline.com


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