Worth repeating

Healthcare Purchasing News, August, 2007

"The Sterile Processing Department is a major contributor to patient and surgeon satisfaction. To work efficiently and effectively, adequate space, efficient planning and proper processing equipment is needed."

Nancy Chobin, RN, CSPDM, sterile processing educator, Saint Barnabas Health Care System

"Individual patient conditions, the overall environment within the OR, and the length of surgery can have a cumulative affect on the risk of pressure ulcer formation."

Michael Brown, senior programs manager for therapeutic surfaces, Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI)

"Too many of the devices sold to healthcare facilities are simply general-purpose air cleaners re-positioned as medical devices. The potential risks require much more."

David M. Shagott, president, Abatement Technologies Inc.

"We are the link to our major suppliers so we have to make sure suppliers get what's needed to our hospitals. We made sure computer links were maintained so they could function while in recovery mode and coordinated with local agencies for relief and support efforts."

Robert Jackson, network director, contracts and purchasing, SSM Health Care

"Understanding steam sterilization will help all decision makers in the Procurement and Sterile Processing Departments make the best decision for their institution and their patients"

Kristina L. Pirollo, CRCST, director, CSP/OR MM, Trinitas Hospital