Product News: October 2000

Speedier sterilization
If you're looking for a way to decrease sterilization time and increase your instrument throughput, consider the new, Sterrad 100S sterilization system, by Advanced Sterilization Products. The company says its new system can sterilize instruments in 55 minutes, 26 minutes faster than its Sterrad 100 System, making it the fastest high-capacity, low-temperature sterilizer on the market. Like the 100 model, the 100S uses low-temperature gas plasma from hydrogen peroxide to sterilize. The company says the system produces no toxic build-up on surgical instruments, and that there is no need for aeration; you can use the instruments immediately. Visit www.sterrad.com, call (714) 374-6174, e-mail [email protected], or circle 90.

A better way to track eye supplies?
You may be able to streamline your eye surgery supply ordering process and control your inventory more precisely with Suppleye.Com. The company can set you up to be able to log onto the service and place your order for IOLs, viscoelastics, phaco tubing and other supplies. Order from as many participating manufacturers as you desire. Once you place the order, the company "unbundles" it and sends its components to the appropriate suppliers. The company says the pricing you negotiate remains in effect; its main purpose is to make ordering more convenient. You can also get a free bar-code scanner that helps you replace the IOLs you use. The service is free to surgery centers. Call (877) 287-3937, e-mail [email protected], or circle 91.

Help with benchmarking
If you need to benchmark your case costs, or you want to evaluate how profitable it would be to add a new procedure to your facility, you may want to check out Ingenix's new 2000 Outpatient Procedures Resource Book. The guide analyzes the top procedures in more than 7,000 hospital-based outpatient centers and ambulatory surgery centers, tracking frequency of procedures as well as average costs and charges, and includes departmental cost analyses. The price is $299.95. Call (801) 536-1081, visit www.st-anthony.com, or circle 92.

Get swinging
If you do YAG laser capsulotomy in your facility and some of your patients are bed-ridden or wheelchair-bound, you may want to consider the new Supine version of the Era 4106 YAG by Laserex Systems. The laser comes with a floor stand and an articulated arm, designed for greater reach. It attaches to any Haag-Streit 900 slit-lamp. Call (800) 824-7444, visit www.laserexsystems.com, or circle 93.