In hospitals, endoscopy, perioperative, sterile processing and infection control teams have done a wonderful job of teaming up together to implement solutions for effective flexible endoscope management. This area has been one of the biggest, if not the biggest, area of scrutiny by Joint Commission and other surveying agencies in the past 1.5 years. We […]
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Recently, the Joint Commission (TJC) released its recommendations on how to create a culture of safety within healthcare organizations. As hospitals work to create safer environments for their staff and patients, a culture of safety has become tantamount to reaching their operational goals. A culture of safety can have several positive effects at a healthcare
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Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) continue to be a focus area for hospital departments such as infection control and sterile processing departments. Infection control has been a key area of focus by many US hospitals due to the huge financial and reputational risk that exists when an outbreak of a superbug occurs in a hospital. Biomedical
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Recently, dozens of societies representing different members of the medical community joined together to support the appreciation of scientific evidence, education and investment. Groups as varied as the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychiatric Association and the Association of American Cancer Institutes joined the cause to fight what they feel is an onslaught of
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Hospitals continue to pursue patient safety initiatives as part of the overall shift in US Healthcare from volume to value. After all, hospital acquired infections (HAIs) quickly increase the cost of a procedure and will directly affect your bottom-line. This is on top of any damage to your hospital’s reputation that may occur from an
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I recently had a chance to sit down with Damien Berg. Damien is the Manager of Sterile Processing at St. Anthony Hospital in Colorado, and he is running for IAHCSMM President-Elect in this year’s election. As the election is already underway, I wanted to sit down with Damien to understand his platform and interest in
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In recent surveys, The Joint Commission has scrutinized the entire endoscope management process. Everyone understands this is because of the serious patient safety concerns and media attention, as well as the manufacturers of scopes and reprocessors having their own product challenges. So why is The Joint Commission so hung up on how scopes are hung
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A recent survey conducted by Cardinal Health showed that 24% of hospital staff have seen or heard of an expired product being used on a patient during a procedure. This comes as no surprise, as we have witnessed the usage of expired inventory at hospitals first-hand. Without the proper processes and vigilance to prevent these
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In working with various hospitals across the country, particularly with their scope management practice, we are seeing that all caregivers absolutely have the intention of delivering at the highest level of quality and safety. As organization leaders, it is our job to help our team members meet these important goals. In working with these provider
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Newly found evidence has revealed that Olympus duodenoscopes have been tied to another infection outbreak. Per the report filed with the FDA, a foreign facility saw five of its patients who were treated with Olympus duodenoscopes infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae. The facility’s name and location were not included in the report, however it was reported
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