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Validating Chemical Concentrations

Decades ago there was a chemical company slogan, "Better Living Through Chemistry".  It's true that chemicals do support ...
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Is Your Disinfectant at the Correct Temperature?

The use of disinfectants in both instrument reprocessing and sanitizing food service dishware is critical in the infection ...
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Struggles With Clean Versus Dirty Storage – Gotta keep’em separated

The age-old conundrum of fitting a round peg into a square hole is a lot like storing medical ...
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Consents- Let’s Complete Them Correctly 

What is an informed consent and why is it important?   Informed consent is a process in which patients ...
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Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

  As the 1969 song from the music group Chicago asks, do you really know what time it ...
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Mold on Eyewash Stations

  Mold, a persistent and potentially hazardous growth, has been frequently observed in the diffusers of eye wash ...
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Infection Control Rounding

  Yogi Berra was right, you can observe a lot by watching! The purpose of conducting rounds is ...
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Solution Dilution – Are your Detergent Soaks Watered Down?

An essential part of reprocessing medical instruments and devices is the use of chemical detergents during soaks and ...
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How Are You Maintaining Your Competencies?

Ensuring staff are trained and competent to perform their duties is critical for safe patient care and regulatory ...
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Maintaining Spill Kits

Protecting staff and patients from the hazards of accidental chemical exposure is essential to safe patient care.  This ...
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Ensuring Equipment Safety

Ensuring your medical equipment is functioning properly prior to patient use is critical.  Often this step is not ...
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Unknown Chemicals = Unknown Hazards

A critical element in the safe handling, storage and use of chemicals is first identifying those that are ...
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