IN THIS ISSUE... HEALTHCARE


PURCHASING EWS N 10


June 2021 • Volume 45, No. 6


SPECIAL FOCUS 6 Newswire/Fast Stats


10 COVID-19 VACCINE SHOTS SETTING, BENDING BAR ON DATA STANDARDS COVID-19 dose administration illuminates need for tracking, tracing accuracy


OPERATING ROOM


14 PERIOPERATIVE PROTECTION Maintaining a sterile fi eld guards patients, staff from infections


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20 PANDEMIC PUNCTUATES OFF-SITE, ON-SITE REPROCESSING DECISIONS Will the pandemic change where and how instruments are processed?


24 Self-Study Series CSSD/SPD process improvement projects: Planning facilitates successful implementation by Sharon Greene-Golden


28 IAHCSMM Viewpoint Striving for continuous improvement in SPD a marathon, not a sprint by Nicholas Schmitz


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30 Sterile Processing Insights Clearing the air on sterile storage, instrument positioning by Stephen M. Kovach


INFECTION PREVENTION


32 IP STARS IN LEADING ROLES Pandemic performances in three acts: cleaning, safety and infection control practices Vendor Listings ................38 Product Spotlights ...........42


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54 EARNINGS GROWTH OUTPACES PANDEMIC PRESSURE AGAIN Supply chain pros can heave a soft sigh of mild relief as the criticisms and doubts experienced during 2020 didn’t permanently damage the infrastructure so much as light a fuse for change.


EXPERT EXCLUSIVES


4 Deliberate Playing blunderball


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Data Bank Where do you see the physician’s/surgeon’s professional relationship with Supply Chain heading long-term?


58 Value. Delivered. How can supply chain meet the demand for health equity? by Karen Conway


60 Periscope Previewing Supply Chain life beyond COVID-19 by Eric Jurinic


59 Advertiser Index/Classifi ed Photo credit: IRStone | stock.adobe.com 2 June 2021 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS • hpnonline.com


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