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December 2023 • Vol. 47 No. 12 NEWS
4 Buyline Connecting the dots Rick Dana Barlow | Senior Editor
SOURCING & LOGISTICS
6 CLINGING TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AMID COST CONTAINMENT Rick Dana Barlow | Senior Editor
12 AHVAP Vantage Point From Vendor to Industry Partner: The Evolving Role in Healthcare Hudson Garrett Jr. and Karen Niven| Contributors
14 SURGICAL/CRITICAL CARE
14 HORIZON-SCANNING NEXT-GENERATION SURGICAL BEDS, TABLES, EXAM CHAIRS Could patients be in the recline, ride of their lives? Rick Dana Barlow | Senior Editor
INFECTION PREVENTION 18
18 SANFORD HEALTH’S INSTRUMENT QUALITY CONUNDRUM Lead coordinator, Central Processing/Surgical Services at Sanford Health shares with Healthcare Purchasing News how she became a water quality expert Janette Wider | Editor-in-Chief
STERILE PROCESSING
20 ALIGNING ON AERATION, DRYING, STORAGE AND TRANSPORT STANDARDS Kara Nadeau | Senior Contributing Editor
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24 Self-Study Series Sterilization Choices for the SPD Craig Wallace | Educator
27 HSPA Viewpoint SPD Ergonomics Planning Worth the Eff ort & Investment David Taylor | Contributor
31 Sterile Processing Insights Designate, Develop, and Demonstrate: Competency, part 2 Stephen M. Kovach | Educator
28 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
28 HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION VS. STERILIZATION: EDUCATION IS KEY Healthcare Purchasing News received an update on the current landscape surrounding HLD vs. sterilization from industry experts
32 Value. Delivered. Leadership Lessons from the Bellwether League Foundation Karen Conway | Contributor
30 Advertiser Index/Classifi ed 2 December 2023 • HEALTHCARE PURCHASING NEWS •
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