Materials Management

Healthcare Supply Chain Could Benefit from Using Retail's Best Practices, Study Finds

A new survey by researchers at the University of Arkansas indicates that the healthcare industry’s supply chain lags behind the retail industry supply chain and could benefit significantly from adopting several of retail’s best practices. “The retail industry has a long ...More
April 12, 2013
Posted in News
Healthcare Companies Receive Medline Distribution Supplier Recognition Awards

Medline Industries, Inc. announces the winners of its 2012 Distribution Supplier Recognition Awards. These annual awards were given to 16 Medline supply partners who demonstrated outstanding performance in sales and operations and collaborated with Medline to provide ...More
April 12, 2013
Posted in News
Slide Show: Instrument Management and Barcoding Technology

ICT presents the fourth in a series of slide shows examining automated technologies that provide an adjunct solution to manual processes for the control, elimination and prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This slide show explores instrument management, ...More
March 13, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Disinfection & Sterilization
FDA Seeks Input on Minimizing Disruptions to Medical Device Supply Chain in Extreme Weather Events

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking input from industry and the public on the effects of extreme weather and natural disasters on the production and supply of medical devices. The FDA will use the information to identify steps that the agency, manufacturers, ...More
February 20, 2013
Posted in News
ECRI Institute Announces Newly Re-Platformed Healthcare Product Comparison System

ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announces a new platform for the Healthcare Product Comparison System. This database of equipment model specifications is now customizable, with new comparison features ...More
February 20, 2013
Posted in News
FDA Proposes Changes to Postmarket Surveillance System for Medical Devices

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is reporting on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s proposed series of steps to strengthen and modernize its postmarket surveillance of medical devices. The “smart, tailored modifications” will, ...More
September 14, 2012
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Slide Show: Product Evaluation and Purchasing

ICT presents highlights from the August 2012 cover story on materials management and product evaluation and purchasing for perioperative nurse managers and infection preventionists. ...More
August 17, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Policies and Practice
Product Evaluation and Purchasing Advice for Perioperative Nurses and Infection Preventionists

Healthcare encompasses an enormous range of supplies, equipment and instruments, ranging from drug-delivery products to wound management supplies, textiles, procedure and surgical supplies, and innumerable infection prevention and control-related supplies. Well-informed ...More
August 17, 2012
Posted in Articles, Policies and Practice
Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council Begins Pilot Study with Stanford University Medical Center

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) has finalized an agreement with Stanford University Medical Center that will set in motion a six-month pilot study to develop a better understanding of plastic waste characterization within healthcare facilities. The study ...More
August 16, 2012
Posted in News
Suppliers' Role in Achieving a More Sustainable Healthcare System

As a healthcare professional, you are keenly aware of the need to keep patients healthy. It’s a need that motivates you and drives you to continuously improve in your profession. Now it’s time we, as an industry, use that same kind of passion toward improving the healthcare ...More
August 6, 2012
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization