Infection Control Today Magazine

Central Sterile Department

Show Your CS and Sterile Processing Pride

National Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week is slated for Oct. 9-15, 2011 and ICT wants to help you show your professional pride by assembling a special tribute. ...More
September 2, 2011
Posted in Blog, Disinfection & Sterilization
Sterile Inventory: Handling With Care

ICT spoke with Bob Marrs, director of consulting services/field operations for Aesculap, regarding issues relating to proper handling of sterile inventory. ...More
July 19, 2011
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Infection Control and the Central Sterile Supply Department

Central sterile supply departments (CSSD) are known by a variety of names in different facilities. Some go by central service, central processing, surgical supply and processing, or maybe sterile supply and distribution. Sometimes the name of the department helps the other ...More
May 10, 2011
Posted in Articles
Certification for CSSD Professionals Elevates the Profession, Addresses Complexities of the Job

ICT spoke with Steve Maley, CSPDM, CHL, manager of sterile processing at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. and president of the New York State Association of Central Sterile Professionals (NYSACSP), for an update on the status of efforts to make certification mandatory for ...More
May 10, 2011
Posted in Articles
IAHCSMM Hires Government Affairs Director to Advance Legislative Efforts

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) announces that it has appointed Josephine Colacci, BA, JD, to serve as its government affairs director. The position was created to better assist IAHCSMM and its members in mandatory ...More
September 20, 2010
Posted in News
Plan Now for CS Week 2010 to Celebrate Your CSSD

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) reminds sterile processing professionals and infection preventionists that Oct. 10-16, 2010, has been designated at National Healthcare CS & Sterile Processing Week, so mark your ...More
August 17, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
IAHCSMM Offers New Video to Promote CSSDs

Before a surgeon can make that initial incision, a team of skilled central sterile supply department (CSSD) professionals has worked diligently to ensure that each and every instrument is properly decontaminated, sterilized, well-functioning, and available when needed, ...More
August 17, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Loaner Instrumentation: How to Turn a Horror Story Into a Happy Ending

Growing up, I became quite the horror movie buff. I recall Lon Chaney as the Wolfman, roaming the moors in search of his next victim, and Bela Lugosi’s Count Dracula who would strike fear in the hearts of Transylvanians – and moviegoers alike. And who can forget ...More
February 22, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Getinge USA Announces Contract With Memorial Hermann Healthcare System

Getinge USA, Inc. has signed a multi-year contract with Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, Texas. The $15 million contract covers infection control equipment, service and consumables, signifying one of the largest contracts for Getinge USA in recent ...More
February 11, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Safety Checklist Continues to Keep Hospital Infections in Check

The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units, has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero ...More
February 4, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions