Sterile Processing

As a healthcare professional, you are keenly aware of the need to keep patients healthy. Its a need that motivates you and drives you to continuously improve in your profession. Now its time we, as an industry, use that same kind of passion toward improving the healthcare system.

ICT spoke with Marilyn Conde, CRCST, MAOM, FCS, manager of material management at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif. and a member of the board of the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM).

ICT spoke with Mark Duro, CRCST, FCS, chairperson of the IAHCSMM Orthopedic Council and manager of central sterile processing at New England Baptist Hospital, regarding capital equipment and instrument purchasing in the sterile processing department.

In today's ever-changing healthcare environment, patients demand more advanced procedures and equipment that take the pain and recovery time out of surgery. While they seek these advancements, they have forget how complicated it is to clean, inspect and test this advanced equipment. However, navigating a path through our consumer marketplace, we cannot go for a drive without seeing billboards advertising the latest and greatest robotic 3D surgery. The consumer demand for more advanced surgery has transitioned into an expectation.