In a complex healthcare world, today’s perioperative clinician must adjust to new demands while maintaining a high standard of care. To help address these concerns, leading medical supplier Medline Industries, Inc. is showcasing a wide range of solutions most relevant to today’s perioperative clinician in the areas of supply management and reprocessing, surgical preference, infection prevention and skin health. Designed to help cut costs and enhance quality, these solutions will be featured at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Surgical Conference & Expo 2015 in Denver, March 8-10, booth 2702.
Medline is committed to helping customers run a safe and efficient operating room (OR). Find out how its perioperative supply management program works and how a team of consultants use unique tools to assess, design, present and implement process improvements. Take streamlined processes a step further and learn how the EMPOWER™ packaging system is designed to make pulling surgical packs organized, efficient and simple. You can also discover how the ReNewal™ medical device reprocessing program works and is saving customers up to $25,000 annually per OR suite. And learn how you can achieve sustained savings with the SPT Choice program by reviewing clinically equivalent and financially beneficial products for inclusion in kits.
Gloves are like a second layer of skin. And if you’re a surgeon, precise fit is a must. Leading glove maker Medline takes innovation to a whole new level and will unveil a brand new custom-fitting experience that’s a snap with a patent-pending app. Also, be sure to stop by one of the seven Sterillium® Rub hand hygiene stations throughout the conference and experience how the comfort of this fragrance-free surgical scrub can help drive compliance. And if you want to check out the latest products aimed at avoiding pressure ulcers, moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) and skin tears, hop onto our OR table. Put yourself in your patients’ shoes and discover Medline’s OR support surfaces, gel positioners, heel protectors and more.
Medline University®, the largest, free online resource with more than 250 courses for continuing education credit, is bringing courses to AORN for the first time. Come check out two courses to earn CE credit: ‘Prevention of Skin and Deep Tissue Injury in the Perioperative Department’ and ‘Confidence in Ethylene Oxide Sterilization: How to Know if Your Device Is Truly Sterile.’
Also at AORN this year, Medline will present its 10th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast on Monday, March 9, featuring guest speaker Samantha Harris, former co-host of “Dancing with the Stars.” The gathering also marks the company’s commitment to breast cancer awareness and early detection, and celebrates the Medline Pink Glove Dance.
Source: Medline Industries, Inc.
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