Short practical articles for procurement, biomedical engineering, sterile processing, rehabilitation, and care-at-home teams.
When the OR table breaks or the sterilizer goes down, you don't have 48 hours for a decision. Here's what a decade of rush orders taught me about emergency vendor relationships in healthcare.
Continue readingWhether you're a new surgical tech or managing a sterile processing department, choosing the right training for STERIS equipment depends on your role. This guide breaks down the options.
Continue readingA quality inspector answers the most common questions about STERIS surgical instruments, patient lifts, lights, and oxygen flowmeters, including practical advice on manuals and system verification.
Continue readingAn honest comparison between investing in Steris equipment and taking a more fragmented approach to sterile processing, written from the perspective of an administrative buyer.
Continue readingA practical 7-step checklist for hospitals and sterile processing departments buying STERIS autoclave parts. Avoid common mistakes and get the right part the first time.
Continue readingComparing surgical lights and standard overhead OR lights for procedure rooms. A clinical engineer breaks down the differences in color rendering, shadow management, and total cost of ownership.
Continue readingA personal story about learning the hard way that sterile barrier packaging and proper reprocessing are critical for any cryosurgery device or fluoroscopy system. Lessons learned from a costly mistake with a Steris VPro Max.
Continue readingA practical, scenario-based guide for healthcare facilities on how to validate a sterilizer, covering steam, low-temperature, and off-site service, written from the perspective of a quality inspector.
Continue readingA first-hand account of costly mistakes in sourcing Steris equipment and parts, revealing the hidden costs of focusing only on the machine price tag.
Continue readingAn administrative buyer explains how separating sterilization equipment, patient monitoring systems, and transfer devices into different procurement silos creates inefficiencies, and why a unified infection prevention and patient handling strategy saves money and reduces risk.
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