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Healthcare Articles from the Press
12/08/25
Why is Precleaning a Critical Role in Medical and Dental Instrument Care?
Ross Gustafson, MS
Infection prevention begins long before sterilization. In fact, it starts the moment a medical or dental instrument leaves a clinician's hands. Precleaning, also known as point-of-use cleaning, is the essential first step in effective decontamination and infection control. This critical process helps remove biological debris before it hardens, reduces microbial load, protects instrument surfaces, and supports compliance with infection prevention guidelines.
11/29/25ok at The Joint
Ensuring the Safe Reuse of Critical Instruments and Devices
Lenworth M. Jacobs Jr., MD, MPH, FACS
A Look at The Joint Commission
For organizations performing reprocessing, ensuring that those instruments and devices are reusable—meaning they are in good condition and can be cleaned and sterilized following validated manufacturer’s instructions—is critical to patient safety.
11/23/25
Benchmark Report Identifies Fundamental Risks in Sterile Processing Operations
Daniel Beaird
A new industry benchmark report warns that human error, inventory gaps, and limited data visibility continue to undermine surgical readiness. It captures insights from more than 100 sterile processing department (SPD) and operating room (OR) leaders nationwide.
The report, published by Aesculap, Inc. and Ascendco Health, found that 76% of those leaders cite human error as the biggest challenge in tracking surgical instruments. Another 58% reported surgery delays caused by instrument sets that were missing, incomplete, or not ready on time.
11/14/25
TASS: What It Is and How SPD Can Help Prevent It
By Tony Thurmond, CRCST, CIS, CHL, FCS
Toxic anterior segment syndrome (TASS) is a rare, inflammatory condition of the eye that develops within 12 to 48 hours of an ophthalmic procedure, typically after cataract removals, penetrating keratoplasties, intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections, and vitreoretinal surgeries. The condition affects the eye’s inner lining and presents with or without pain and is marked by a decrease in or blurry vision, extreme sensitivity to light and severe inflammation.
11/13/25
Finish the Year Strong by Assessing SPD’s Needs
Debra Sams
As the year draws to a close, sterile processing (SP) educators and leaders should aim to complete competency assessments, close out calendar audits, address staffing gaps, and manage employee burnout.
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