Get Control of Sterile Processing Quality Measures with ProFormanceQA

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Healthmark Industries Co., Inc., a premier supplier of innovative solutions to the sterile processing industry, announces that it has partnered with BlackTie Medical, a leading provider of novel healthcare process improvement systems, to develop and market ProFormanceQA, a web-based service for automating and consolidating all central sterile quality-tracking measures.

Whether operating one location or managing numerous CPD sites across a large network of healthcare facilities, ProFormanceQA enables the sterile processing professional to view, monitor, control and report on their staffs efforts to test and record quality measures for the proper reprocessing of surgical instruments. Features include built-in alerts and automatic notifications to keep managers and other support staff aware of any over-due or failed tests.

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