      Healthmark Industries Co. Inc. has launched WIKIsÂ® Pouching Paradise,Â a new flash-based, continuing educationÂ game that takesÂ participants on an adventure of proper pouch packaging.     

Work with WIKIÂ®Â  to learn about the best practices of sterile packaging techniques when using peel pouches.Â WIKIÂ® will showÂ participants how to choose the correct type of packaging for different instruments, how to load a sterilizer cart, and more.Â Â  

This educational game andÂ other CE activities can be found at:

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?

New Online Game Teaches Proper Pouch Packaging