SOWELA Jennings campus receives $316K in grants for surgical technology, sterile processing labs ...

1. In a story on respect for sterile processing: Operating room teams should treat sterile processing staff with respect to achieve optimal patient safety and employee satisfaction outcomes, according ...

Montgomery County Community College, in collaboration with Pottstown Hospital, is starting a new Sterile Processing Technician program to prepare students for in-demand roles within the healthcare ...

A round 140 surgeries and other invasive procedures take place in our hospital system each week day — and at each one, a surgeon will walk into the operating room and find his or her instruments ...

Sterile manufacturing refers to the method of producing medications in which the drug product, container, and closure are meticulously sterilized before being distributed. The pharmaceutical sector ...

Why is aseptic processing important in pharmaceutical manufacturing? The manufacturing of both sterile drugs and biological products can be achieved through terminal sterilization or aseptic ...

Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, is a healthcare management consultant who focuses on both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital settings. Q: How should our ambulatory surgery center determine what ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It’s something patients probably aren’t thinking about as they walk into General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital or one of Fort Leonard Wood’s dental clinics, but it’s ...

Traditionally, vaccine manufacture has accounted for a huge amount of aseptic production. In recent years, there has been a larger focus on novel biologic therapies, of which the majority are ...

Community Hospital is expanding its surgical and sterile processing departments, adding two new operating rooms and more than 12,400 square feet to its facility.