AUGUST 2009 Volume 33, No. 8
DEPARTMENTS
People, Places, Processes & Products that Influence the Supply Chain
8 Supply chain’s triple play:
NEWS
Three outliers to the status quo
6 Newswire/Fast Stats
In the generally conservative, stoic and risk- and change-
averse healthcare industry, one might find it particu- 8 2009 Supply Chain Mavericks
larly hard to spot a maverick – even, if not especially,
supply chain management. Yet Healthcare Purchasing
News scanned for those buoys of independent, non-con-
OPERATING ROOM
formist strategies and tactics who weather the storms
12 Pressure Management
and conventional thinking while remaining steadfastly
afloat, identifying three to share their stories. 12 Outpatient Connection
12 Performing under pressure: caring for
decubitus ulcers
INFECTION CONTROL
A recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
16 2009 Sharps Safety Guide
CONTENTS
Quality (AHRQ) declared that hospital stays of patients with pres-
Sharps Safety Vendor Chart 19
sure ulcers are on the rise, even as the Centers for Medicare and
Sharps Saftey Product Spotlight 42
Medicaid Services included the condition on the list of “never
31 Infection Protection
events” it no longer will reimburse unless healthcare facilities can
Endotracheal tube cuffs
prove it was unavoidable. So now the pressure is on for clinicians
by Wava Truscott, PhD
to perform.
16 Sharps Safety Guide 2009:
CENTRAL SERVICES
Get sharp about safety measures
26 Self-Study Series
No discussion of needlestick injury trends would be com-
A new CDC guideline – Bookmark it now!
plete without considering the impact of the U.S.
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act of 2000, which
30 IAHCSMM Viewpoint
mandated the use of safety-engineered sharp devices. The
32 CS Annual Salary Survey
legislation also prompted the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) to revise its Bloodborne 35 CS Solutions
Pathogens standard in 2001, strengthening requirements
for employers to identify and make use of effective and
safer medical devices. Despite such progress, nearly a
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Cover photo courtesy Daniels Sharpsmart
decade later there’s still work to be done.
36 Bar Coding
32 Despite recession, CS/SPD salaries 36 New Technology
surge, job security remains steady
42 New Products
The past year or so may have proved fiscally challenging
for many of the nation’s healthcare organizations, but it ap-
pears that some central service professionals haven’t felt the
PEOPLE & OPINIONS
pinch – or at least not as much as might be suspected, ac-
4 Fast Foreward
cording to HPN’s latest CS/SPD salary survey. In fact, aver-
age salaries climbed more than 7 percent across the board
39 Clinical Business Strategies
after dipping last year, following a consistent pattern of
Give preference lists a tune up
yearly increases since 2000.
by David Hermann
36 Bar codes earning their stripes
40 Newsmaker
Serendipity can be music to your ears
Bar coding may be sliding
by Fred W. Crans
into a renaissance, cour-
tesy of a floundering economy and a marketplace dogged
40 Worth Repeating
by rampant administrative inefficiencies. Renewed vigor
around supply chain standards, as well as vibrant inter-
44 Back Talk
est in linking product purchasing to consumption to
Build accountability into your value
charging and ultimately to optimal patient care is casting bar
analysis process by Robert T. Yokl
code use in a new light.
43 Advertiser Index/Classified
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