Many hospitals have access to data from their inventory management systems that allow them to analyze usage trends of individual supplies and implants. In the procedural areas of the hospital, where many items can range in price from $500 to $25,000, the cost of having too much inventory on hand can exceed hundreds of thousands […]
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Many US hospitals are continuing to struggle in keeping up with demands for personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees. With Covid-19 continuing to be a menacing presence in the US, the shortage is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Any expected surges of Covid-19 in the fall or winter of this year could potentially
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The Joint Commission (TJC) recently received approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to continue on as an Accrediting Organization (AO) for a period of two years. This comes as a blow to TJC, as CMS had previously approved them as an AO for a 6 year term in 2014. TJC has
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According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Infection Control, storing endoscopes in an automated cabinet with channel drying functionality effectively reduced moisture and bacterial growth in the scopes. Because endoscopes are reusable medical instruments, minimizing the amount of bacterial growth in the periods between procedures can dramatically improve patient safety. The
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With endoscopes having been linked with so many superbug outbreaks in recent years, some may naturally wonder if they can play a role in the spread of Covid-19 as well. While there is no scientific research or published findings of a link between endoscopes and Covid-19, intuition tells us that endoscopes may play a role
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With Covid-19 showing no signs of slowing, much of the US healthcare system is suffering from a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for its frontline employees. The shortage is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, potentially leading to hospital workers being put in needless danger of catching the extremely infectious coronavirus. Many hospitals
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For inventory managers and inventory techs in hospitals, the cycle counting process for reconciling inventory can be a time-consuming burden. On top of managing day to day activities to keep their departments fully stocked with inventory, they have to carve out time for this labor-intensive activity. Typically, these cycle counts happen once per quarter –
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Ask any hospital inventory manager what their least favorite part of the job is, and a majority will say inventory reconciliation. After all, reconciling inventory is a tedious, time-consuming and labor-intensive process that, despite all its drawbacks, needs to be completed to ensure the success of your department’s operations. We’ve all been on the receiving
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Many hospitals struggle to keep tabs on valuable equipment they need to treat patients. Several valuable machines, such as transport monitors and cardiac defibrillators, are used by multiple departments and staff members within a hospital, and especially during busy periods it can be hard to track one down when you need it the most. This
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A major academic medical center in Pennsylvania recently announced a new initiative to combat the shortage of PPE stemming from Covid-19. Allegheny Health Network (AHN), an integrated healthcare delivery system based in Pittsburgh, announced that it has been testing the ability of its hospital staff to use elastomeric masks as an alternative to the high-demand