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April 2016

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Asset, patient tracking technology options jockey for bottom-line position

Track and trace represents a simple concept, really, but something a bit more complex in design and practice.

Horizon scanning for asset, patient tracking tech

Operating Room

Take over your makeover:
Sweet suite renovation

Integrated, hybrid and smart may be the buzzwords used to describe today's most cutting-edge operating rooms, but many still grapple with spending so much money without a tangible return on investment.


Cover photo courtesy mfPHD LLC

Infection Prevention

When does more equal less?
Infection Prevention Success Stories

Teamwork optimizes the reduction in rates of hospital-onset infection.

CS Connection

Educators gain ground as SPD compensation continues to climb

Salaries grow for the third consecutive year as job security perceptions remain fairly solid.

CS Solutions
Developing a remote reprocessing policy

by Ray Taurasi

IAHCSMM Viewpoint
IAHCSMM releases Eighth Edition Central Service Technical Manual
by Julie E. Williamson

Self-Study Series
Processing flexible endoscopes: AORN's updated evidence-based guidelines

by Rose Seavey

Products and Services

Will vendor credentialing snap competitive tug-of-war?

Even though the vendor credentialing industry has consolidated through mergers and acquisitions within the last five years, industry observers contend that more efficiencies can and should be achieved.

Vendor credentialing opportunities abound

Expert Exclusives
Fast Foreward

People & Opinions
Rapid POC testing for FLU and RSV
by Chuck Cooper, MD

Standard Practices
The ins and outs of UDIs and EHRs

by Karen Conway

Having My Say
Making PPIs a positive force in provider operations

by Kelle Laws

Back Talk
Calculate the real savings from inventory reduction
by David S. Kaczmarek

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