As ASCs become a more convenient, less costly alternative to hospital-based surgeries, it’s important that sterile processing procedures are implemented properly and consistently to ensure safe and ...

1. In a story on respect for sterile processing: Operating room teams should treat sterile processing staff with respect to achieve optimal patient safety and employee satisfaction outcomes, according ...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services cited Pinnacle Regional Hospital for its sterile processing procedures. Missouri health regulators have told a Boonville, Missouri, hospital that ...

WEST HAVEN — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is calling for a VA Inspector General’s Office investigation of the West Haven VA hospital’s sterilization procedures in the face of continued ...

Montgomery County Community College, in collaboration with Pottstown Hospital, is starting a new Sterile Processing Technician program to prepare students for in-demand roles within the healthcare ...

I feel much more comfortable performing procedures in non-sterile gloves than I do in the sterile ones. Also, a lot of our sterile gloves contain latex. All of our clean boxed gloves do not. Therefore ...