The last few blogs focused on the importance of standardization to decrease waste, remove unnecessary steps, improve turnover, and provide consistent workflow and increase efficiency. Currently, standardization and offsite processing are key buzz words for strategic plans to reduce handling and cut costs in SPD.

This week at the OR Leadership Summit, Case Medical connected with OR leaders to explore what it truly takes to achieve smoother operations, clearer communication, and reliable compliance. When communication breaks down between the operating room and sterile processing, the symptoms are easy to spot—late trays, incomplete sets, urgent phone calls, and last-minute workarounds.

Standardization can improve productivity, reduce costs, and create supply chain efficiency. Healthcare facilities are looking at the Total Cost of Ownership to reduce waste and have what is needed in stock, even during challenging times and supply chain shortages.

When budgets are tight, people sometimes look for quick fixes to save on immediate costs. Unfortunately, they will end up being sorry if what looks like a less expensive product costs more in the long run.

Last month, Case Medical had another ISO Audit. We have them approximately two times a year, and it keeps us on our toes. As an ISO 13485 certified medical device manufacturer and an ISO 27001 certified software developer, a scheduled ISO audit and assessment ensures that we follow best practices...

If you think we are living in a time dominated by a climate crisis, a migration crisis, or a healthcare delivery crisis, you're mistaken; we are facing a poly crisis, the simultaneous occurrence of several catastrophic events that are nearly impossible to solve.

Employee exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as pesticides, disinfectants, cleaners, and hazardous drugs, in the workplace creates a liability for the industry, including healthcare, with some healthcare organizations paying up to $10.5 billion.

We are going through a very perilous time while we are destroying our planet with the overuse of chemicals, pollution of our wastewater streams, and continuing climate change. It is up to all of us consumers, industry and healthcare professionals to work together to reduce waste and reduce the chemical footprint before it is too late.

Shorter cycles, less rinses have been discussed for some time at AAMI working groups and amongst healthcare professionals. Most agree that adequate contact time and rinsing is good practice for manual and automated processes. Detergents lift but rinsing removes the soil. Now manufacturers of new washer/disinfectors have gone even further by promoting cycles preset in their new machines which eliminate rinse steps and rinse times

By now you are likely aware of the supply chain crisis, global warming, and the challenges of the post pandemic world. All that we need now is a UPS strike, the cherry on top of a not so pleasant cake. At Case Medical we share your concerns, and we’re here to help. As a manufacturer of medical devices and products for instrument processing, we know that if we don’t have the necessary...