Worth repeating

Healthcare Purchasing News, August, 2005

"Everybody that I've talked to has been interested in integration. They're interested in making life simpler for the O.R. staff. If you make it simpler for the O.R. staff, you make it simpler for the physician, and ultimately you make the patient's experience a lot better."

Bryant Broder, ACSP, senior product manager

video and data communication

Skytron

"Infection control has a wide-open future. We are positioned to take the bull by the horns and establish ourselves as a respected group of experts with skills and knowledge to move the patient safety movement to a higher realm. We cannot expect that recognition and respect will come along automatically--it's up to us as a profession to shake the bushes and make it happen."

Mary Andrus, BA, RN., CIC

nurse epidemiologist, Health Outcomes Branch

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"Everyone wants more efficient use of space, without having to build or add on to the facility. There's a growing demand for storage customized for specific departmental needs, in both clinical and non-clinical areas."

Phyllis St. Michael, healthcare market manager

Spacesaver Corp.

"Hospitals don't always have the capital available to invest in additional instrument sets, so they need to turn around more efficiently those sets that may be in high demand but also in short supply."

Fred Finocchiaro

manager distributor sales & intl. business dev.

Riley Medical Inc.

"One last scan post-operatively will confirm for the patient's surgical chart that no defects occurred during surgery."

Mick Reed, president

Mobile Instrument Service & Repair Inc.