The Premier healthcare alliance announces that new agreements for high-level disinfection reprocessing have been awarded to Hygia Health Services Inc. of Birmingham, Ala.; and ReNu Medical Inc. of Everett, Wa. 

Effective Jan. 1, 2013, the agreements are available to acute-care and continuum-of-care members of Premier. 

Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals and 90,000 other sites using the power of collaboration and technology to lead the transformation to coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier operates a leading healthcare purchasing network with more than $4 billion in annual savings. 

Sterile Processing

 sterile processing page provides an inside look into the sterile processing (or central supply) department in the hospital where surgical instruments are cleaned, sterilized, and reprocessed in order to disinfect, remove bioburden, and prep for upcoming procedures. Sterile processing applies to not only the knives, scalpels, scissors, forceps, and clamps used in surgery, but also instruments such as endoscopes and duodenoscopes. 

 reports on the latest technology but also on the means to disinfect that technology. Also, the trend toward making more disposable surgical equipment. What does that mean for the sterile processing team?

Hospitals to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for High-Level Disinfection Reprocessing