The Problem With Paper: How to Reduce Waste and Improve Data Management
Regardless of regulatory institution or region defining record retention policies and practices, all surgical facilities are...
Keep Your Name Off the Naughty List With Electronic Instrument Tracking and Reporting
The holidays are the busiest time of year, especially in the healthcare industry. Every year there...
Accountability: If Everyone Is Responsible, Who Is Accountable?
Keeping team members accountable builds trust, strengthens teams, and creates a positive work environment. When we’re...
Bust Four Myths About Your Data With Senior Business Analysts
Data is the lifeblood of healthcare organizations. Designed to help facilities make the most of their...
The Value of Integrated Technologies in the SPD
Perhaps one of these scenarios feels painfully familiar: You’re trying to gather information to prepare for...
A Better Way to Increase Productivity in Sterile Processing
Sterile processing departments (SPDs) everywhere are struggling to do more with less. While they’re getting an...
How to Gather Insights From your SPD Data
Sterile processing information systems generate huge amounts of data, yet not all sterile processing departments (SPD)...
Painful Pitfalls of Surgical Instrument Marking and How to Avoid Them
As advances in surgical techniques and procedures lead to increasingly specialized equipment, hospitals, and surgery centers...
3 Essential SPD Training Strategies
Valuable recommendations to help keep your non-compliance rates down.