Winners of Sterile Wrap Contest Announced
Attendees of the annual meeting of the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) competed at the Kimberly-Clark Health Care booth to get the best time wrapping a surgical tray using KIMGUARD One Step Quick Check sterilization wrap.
The winners are as follows:
1st place: Deamad Esnard
2nd place: Chance Krutsinger
3rd place winner: Don Quiley
All winners received a gift card to a medical charity of their choice.
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