Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, is a healthcare management consultant who focuses on both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital settings. Q: How should our ambulatory surgery center determine what ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sterile Processing Services of America (“SPSA”), a portfolio company of Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, LLC (“Pacific Avenue”), announces the acquisition of the assets ...

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, two of the Sterile Processing industry’s biggest names, Crothall Healthcare and Beyond Clean, announced a landmark collaboration to develop an innovative ...

What the Infection Preventionists Should Be Looking at in a Sterile Processing Department The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriWater, a leading provider of advanced water purification systems for healthcare, is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with Vizient®, the ...

St. Luke's University Health Network is launching a new, six-month training program in a little-known health care field. The first class of the School of Sterile Processing starts in April. The paid ...