Two of the documents Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center uses which are related to sterile processing are a sterile processing department testing and load form and sterile processing ...

Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle decreased its sterile processing error rate from 3 percent to 1.5 percent over 37 months, according to a study in The Joint ...

They are CRDAMC's invisible gladiators of patient safety, tasked with a nasty mission: infection prevention. Whether dressed head to toe in personal protective gear or huddled over desks peering ...

While they don’t always receive praise for their work, central sterile technicians in the sterile processing department are integral to patient care. “The sterile processing department and central ...

A round 140 surgeries and other invasive procedures take place in our hospital system each week day — and at each one, a surgeon will walk into the operating room and find his or her instruments ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - There’s a new course at Virginia Western Community College, preparing unsung heroes for a career in the healthcare industry. The new sterile processing course started after a ...

On Thursday, Dec. 4, Southern Regional Technical College recognized five graduating Central Sterile Supply Processing ...

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 ...

On Monday, five sets of contaminated surgical instruments forced surgeons at Brooke Army Medical Center to delay a trauma surgery, according to internal communications reviewed by the San Antonio ...

During a surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center on June 9, an operating room staffer discovered a bone fragment from a previous patient lodged in a sterilized surgical tool. A surgical team member set ...

REPORT JUST RELEASED BY THE DA. FIRST, A WHISTLEBLOWER FILING COMPLAINTS WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES OVER CONCERNS THAT A KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL. GOOD EVENING. I’M LAURA MORRIS AND I’M KRIS KETZ.