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Article: CS a critical, yet often overlooked, piece to infection control puzzle. (IAHCSMM Viewpoint).
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- Healthcare Purchasing News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Healthcare facilities that aim to slash infection control rates, but fail to incorporate sterile processing personnel in their efforts won't reap the same results as those promoting a more multidisciplinary approach.
Unfortunately, many facilities don't make that important connection. In fact, some infection control practitioners admit they rarely venture down to the SPD and don't even know the individuals in charge of the critical task of instrument decontamination and sterilization.
"Many ICPs are very innocently doing the best they can to develop an effective control program, but if they aren't out there seeing infection control from different ...