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The relentless cyberattacks on healthcare organizations — including surgery centers and hospitals — continues unabated....

For the last six years, I’ve had the privilege of working at Immersive Design Systems (IDS) at Boston Children’s Hospital....

As the patents for the da Vinci surgical robot systems began to expire after 25 years, numerous companies have entered the market with systems priced to make robotic...

The puzzle of superior surface disinfection is never solved....

Boston Children’s Hospital is renowned for its exemplary care on many fronts, including surgery....

Manual cleaning done properly is effective for eradicating microorganisms....

For surgical facilities, the world of sterile processing is a complex web of carefully managed protocols, people, supplies, scheduling and technology....

Ask Kimberly Candray, CIC, BS, MT(ASCP), why universal nasal decolonization should be a standard component of every facility’s SSI prevention bundle, and you’ll get a...

We know that a zero-tolerance approach for surgical sight infections (SSIs) is what keeps our patients safe, but we also understand that even the slightest change in our...

Preoperative skin prepping removes potentially harmful bacteria and microorganisms from the patient’s skin before the surgeon makes an incision....