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Understanding Sterile Processing Support for Hospitals

SpecialtyCare

JULY 6, 2025

This specialized department ensures that surgical instruments and medical devices are cleaned, disinfected, assembled, and sterilized to the highest standards before clinical use. Sterilization Processes: Techniques like steam, high-level liquid, or low-temperature sterilization are applied based on device requirements.

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Sterile Hospital Surgical Site In-Procedure

Sterile Processing Department Workflow: Optimizing Efficiency with SpecialtyCare

SpecialtyCare

JUNE 13, 2025

The sterile processing department workflow encompasses every step from the moment contaminated instruments leave the operating room to their return as sterile, ready-to-use surgical tools.

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Sterile Safety Communication In-Procedure

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The Essential Role of Hospital Surgical Support in Modern Healthcare

SpecialtyCare

MARCH 15, 2025

Table of Contents What Is Hospital Surgical Support? Sterile Processing and Instrument Sterilization 4. Surgical First Assistants 5. At SpecialtyCare , surgical support services are designed to help hospitals improve efficiency, patient outcomes, and compliance with healthcare regulations. Why Is It Important?

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10 of Specialtycare’s best Ancillary Care Services and Why They Work

SpecialtyCare

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sterile Processing Solutions Why It Works: 3. Surgical Assist Services Why It Works: 6. Flexible and Scalable Solutions Why It Works: In todays fast-paced healthcare environment, ancillary care services play a crucial role in ensuring efficient patient care, reducing operational burdens, and enhancing outcomes.

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A Comparison of Surgical Tool Materials

Trocar Supplies

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today's high-quality surgical tools are available in such a tremendous variety of surgical tool materials that it can be hard to decide which material is best for everyday use. State of the art surgical instrument materials include surgical grade stainless steel, resin, titanium, tungsten, and carbon steel.

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How to Use an Autoclave Safely

Trocar Supplies

AUGUST 21, 2023

Used by various professionals, autoclaves play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of both patients and practitioners. When it comes to surgical procedures, dental treatments, laboratory experiments, hormone pellet therapy, or the artistry of tattoos, cleanliness, and sterility are of paramount importance.

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Surgical Instruments Sterile Operating Room Surgical Technician

How to Select the Optimal Trocar Kit for Your Patient

Trocar Supplies

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Purchasing agents and inventory managers for practices with multiple practitioners, on the other hand, spend a great deal of time making sure that each of their surgeons always has their preferred surgical tool for each of their patients. A disposable trocar is, by definition, used just once. Cost We offer discounts for volume sales.

Hematoma

Hematoma Surgical Tools Sterile In-Procedure

ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE

The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Scientists have developed a system named IVGEN (Intravenous Fluid Generation) to prepare sterile IV normal saline from space station drinking water. SURGERY IN SPACE Restraining the surgeon, the patient, and the surgical tools against floating around the room in zero gravity are challenges to overcome in outer space.

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Elevating Surgical Services: How SpecialtyCare Enhances Hospital Performance

SpecialtyCare

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Table of Contents SpecialtyCare’s Comprehensive Approach to Surgical Services 1. Sterile Processing Consulting 4. Surgical Assistants and Staffing Support 5. Sterile Processing Consulting Maintaining a sterile environment is essential for preventing infections and ensuring the safety of patients during surgery.

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Hospital Surgical Assistant Surgical Assisting Sterile

Preventing Cross-Contamination through Disinfecting & Cleaning Surgical Instruments

Trocar Supplies

MAY 3, 2023

percent of devices tested positive for "organisms of low concern." Surgical centers across the United States replaced single sterilization protocols with double sterilization protocols and then added an ethylene oxide step. Patient safety, surgical departments discovered, comes at a cost.

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Surgical Instruments Sterile Surgical Device Surgical Tools

What Are Trocars? Here's Everything You Need to Know

Trocar Supplies

JUNE 6, 2022

Maintaining air pressure inside the body is essential to the surgeon's ability to visualize the tissues being operated on. When Southey began practicing medicine, all the major cities had metalsmiths available to make surgical tools for individual surgeons on request. At the opposite end of the trocar, there is an obturator.

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Incision In-Procedure Surgical Tools Procedure

WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Perioperative” means “around the time of operations.” Today I’ll walk you through an example anesthetic which shows how an anesthesiologist approaches the challenges of a difficult surgical problem: emergency non-cardiac surgery in a patient with heart disease. Mr. Doe has a preexisting intravenous (IV) line in his left arm.

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5 Key Benefits of SpecialtyCare’s Sterile Processing Solutions for Enhanced Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency

SpecialtyCare

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Enhancing Patient Safety with Stringent Sterile Processing Standards 2. Improving Operational Efficiency with Streamlined Instrument Processing 3. In the healthcare environment, particularly in surgical settings, sterile processing is a foundational aspect of patient safety. Cost Savings and Equipment Longevity 4.

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Sterile Safety Operation Surgical Instruments

Why Is Sterile Processing a Challenge?: Primary Goals for Every SPD

SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Sterile processing presents critical challenges for many hospitals, and its important to understand whats creating errors and inefficiencies that affect the OR and at worst, patients themselves. Both Greg and Marcy each have over 30 years of experience primarily in sterile processing.

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Sterile Processing Department Support: Essential Services That Keep Hospitals Running Safely

SpecialtyCare

APRIL 12, 2025

Sterile processing department support is one of the most vital yet often overlooked services in any healthcare facility. At SpecialtyCare, we understand that sterile processing department support is essential to patient safety, surgical efficiency, and regulatory compliance. Operational Efficiency and Cost Savings 5.

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Sterile Hospital Surgical Instruments Surgical Tools

TGA vs AS 5369: Closing the Gap in Surgical Traceability

ScanCARE

MAY 20, 2025

On one hand, the recently published AS 5369:2023 sets a clear expectation for tracking surgical instruments from sterilization through to patient use. In this article, we explore the current landscape, compare global standards, and ask whether the TGA is overdue for an update.

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Surgical Instruments Surgical Tools Sterile Safety

Understanding Sterile Processing Support for Hospitals

Sterile Processing Department Workflow: Optimizing Efficiency with SpecialtyCare

Trending Sources

The Essential Role of Hospital Surgical Support in Modern Healthcare

10 of Specialtycare’s best Ancillary Care Services and Why They Work

A Comparison of Surgical Tool Materials

How to Use an Autoclave Safely

How to Select the Optimal Trocar Kit for Your Patient

ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE

Elevating Surgical Services: How SpecialtyCare Enhances Hospital Performance

Preventing Cross-Contamination through Disinfecting & Cleaning Surgical Instruments

What Are Trocars? Here's Everything You Need to Know

WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

5 Key Benefits of SpecialtyCare’s Sterile Processing Solutions for Enhanced Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency

Why Is Sterile Processing a Challenge?: Primary Goals for Every SPD

Sterile Processing Department Support: Essential Services That Keep Hospitals Running Safely

TGA vs AS 5369: Closing the Gap in Surgical Traceability

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