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CONTENTS


SPECIAL FOCUS 6 Newswire/Fast Stats


OPERATING ROOM


16 KEEPING A DELICATE BALANCE Optimal temperatures for patients can generate successful outcomes, infection prevention efforts.


16 Patient Connection INFECTION PREVENTION


20 ALL EYES ON HAND HYGIENE Effective products, compliance monitoring motivate all hands on deck.


20 Prevention Update CS CONNECTION


30 STELLAR STOWAWAYS In SPD, out of sight doesn’t always translate to out of mind.


30 Instrumental News


42 CS Solutions Monitoring temperature in transit; pitfalls of plastic, solid-bottom trays by Ray Taurasi


44 IAHCSMM Viewpoint Surveyors eyeing more CS-related processes, practices by Julie E. Williamson


46 Self Study Series Internal/external disasters in sterile processing: Are you prepared? by Mark Duro


PRODUCTS & SERVICES


50 OPTIMIZING CUSTOM PROCEDURE TRAYS Is there any way to standardize product customization?


50 New Technology


PEOPLE & OPINIONS 4 Fast Foreward


56 TEE REPROCESSING GONE GREEN by Damien Berg


56 Worth Repeating


60 Having My Say Integrated pest management: A must-have for healthcare facilities by Ron Harrison


62 Standard Practices UDI in the OR: Simulating for success by Karen Conway and Dennis Orthman


64 Back Talk Written gaffes can tarnish your professional image by David S. Kaczmarek


63 Advertiser Index/Classifi ed 2 October 2015 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS • www.hpnonline.com 50 30 20 16


10 EQUIPPING THE INFECTION FREE FACILITY Healthcare organizations have made some considerable progress in the infection-fi ghting arena, despite lackluster hand-washing habits.


October 2015 • Volume 39, No. 10 10


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