IN THIS ISSUE... HEALTHCARE


PURCHASING EWS N 10


September 2022 • Volume 46, No. 9 SURGICAL/CRITICAL CARE


10 GRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION Evidence-based room decontamination Kara Nadeau | Contributing Editor


STRATEGIC SOURCING & LOGISTICS


18 STRIPES, TAGS CAN CHIP AWAY AT SUPPLY CHAIN INEFFICIENCIES, TRACKING-AND-TRACING TROUBLES Barcoding and RFID


Rick Dana Barlow | Senior Editor


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18 INFECTION PREVENTION


22 PLAYING THE ODDS OF PREVENTION Preventing HAIs and surgical site infections Scott Tomko | Managing Editor


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28 EIGHT TALES OF TRANSFORMATION Sterile Processing Innovation Kara Nadeau | Contributing Editor


38 Self-Study Series Expiration dating in the SPD Michele McKinley | Clinical Ecuator Tammy Gentry | Contributor


42 HSPA Viewpoint Decentralized processes expose problems for scope storage David Taylor and Scott Pasternak | Contributors


43 Sterile Processing Insights IFU confusion


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28 Stephen M. Kovach | Educator PRODUCT & SERVICE LINE REPORTS


44 SWEEPING IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR BED, MATTRESS MAINTENANCE


46 Infection prevention battle plan: Time to go to the mattresses Rick Dana Barlow | Senior Editor


54 Product Spotlights Photo credit: Beboy | stock.adobe.com 44 EXPERT EXCLUSIVES


4 Buyline Amazon Rising 2.0


Rick Dana Barlow | Senior Editor 6 Newswire/Fast Stats


56 Value. Delivered. Building the moral and business case for supply chain visibility Karen Conway | GHX


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