Steam and Dry-Heat Methods
Two instruments can both come out hot and still have been processed by completely different sciences. Steam sterilization and dry-heat sterilization move energy in different ways, and treating them as interchangeable is one of the quieter mistakes this topic tests. The method has to be compatible with the device and able to reach every surface […]
Specialty and Vendor Inventory, Recalls, Tracking, and Waste
A recall is only as good as the facility’s ability to find every affected item before it reaches a patient. The storeroom being empty of a recalled lot proves nothing if the same lot is sitting on two procedure carts and in a vendor’s cabinet down the hall. Specialty inventory raises the stakes: implants, loaned […]
