Some of the FDA’s Major Policy Goals for 2018 To start off the New Year we’re going look at some of the FDA’s major policy goals for 2018. By way...

ECRI Institute’s “Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017”: Part 2 In Part I of this series (12/22/17) we introduced ECRI Institute’s Health Devices Group “Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for...

ECRI Institute’s “Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2017”: Part 1 ECRI Institute is an independent, nonprofit research organization that researches the best approaches to improving patient care. Since 1971,...

How to Properly Disinfect Reusable Medical Devices: Part IV In Part III of “How to Properly Disinfect Reusable Medical Devices” (Novo blog 12/8/17) we discussed various disinfectants that are commercially...

How to Properly Disinfect Reusable Medical Devices: Part III In Part II of “How to Properly Disinfect Reusable Medical Devices” (Novo blog 12/1/17) we discussed various disinfectants that are commercially...

In Part I of “How to Properly Disinfect Reusable Medical Devices” (Novo blog 11/24/17) disinfection was defined as “The process designed to eliminate all pathogenic microorganisms, except bacterial spores, from...

How to Properly Disinfect Reusable Medical Devices: Part I Disinfection is the process designed to eliminate all pathogenic microorganisms, except bacterial spores, from reusable medical devices prior to sterilization. In...

How to Properly Clean Surgical Instruments: Part III The cleaning of surgical instruments is defined as the process of removing foreign material (e.g., bioburden, biofilm) from the instruments and is...

How to Properly Clean Surgical Instruments: Part II In Part I of ‘How to Properly Clean Surgical Instruments’ we discussed how important proper and complete cleaning is when it comes...

How to Properly Clean Surgical Instruments: Part I The cleaning of surgical instruments is defined as the process of removing foreign material (e.g., bioburden, biofilm) from the instruments and is...