8.14.24 Cleaning Surgical Instruments: What Healthcare Facilities Need to Know → Ensuring the sterility of surgical instruments and other medical equipment is paramount to patient safety in hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and other healthcare facilities, preventing cross-contamination and reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infection (HAI). But patients aren’t the only ones who benefit. By maintaining a rigorous surgical equipment cleaning process, healthcare facilities can maintain […]
8.13.24 What Is a Process Challenge Device? → Ensuring that sterilization equipment is effective and performs as intended is crucial for any lab or sterile processing department. To determine sterilizer efficacy, technicians rely on a process called validation, in which tools known as process challenge devices are used to measure their machines’ abilities to sterilize loads. In this blog post, we’ll take a […]
7.10.24 Top 10 Surgery Center Architecture Firms → Building a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC) from the ground up is no simple task. From choosing the right location and setting budgets to drawing up building plans and managing construction, there are many moving pieces to keep track of. As a more specialized project, there are certain parameters that must be met to ensure […]