AAMI’s HTM podcast, Basement to Bedside, is back! In this episode, AAMI’s Vice President of HTM Danielle McGeary and Chief Learning and Development Officer Robert Burroughs tackled AAMI’s year in review for HTM, the challenges of equipment planning, and interviewed two expert guests about the changes Joint Commission is making to accreditation.

What does good capital management look like in an HTM department? According to McGeary, “There needs to be a centralized way for hospitals to have a multi-year equipment plan for strategic capital replacement.”

For years, sterile processing professionals have been asked to do more with less. They are expected to improve turnaround times, support surgical growth, manage complex instrumentation, and prevent infection — all while operating with limited visibility into what “good” performance really looks like.
Unlike surgical services or infection prevention, sterile processing departments (SPD) lack standardized metrics and benchmarking. There are no widely accepted national indicators for quality, productivity, or cost. 
As a result, SPD leaders are often flying blind, struggling to make a data-backed case for staffing, resources, and technology.

WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 8, 2025 – DuPont (NYSE: DD) announced the winners of its global awards program, the Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards, during the Medical Packaging Conference (MPC) hosted by DuPont October 6-8, 2025. This annual awards program recognizes leaders across the healthcare industry who are embracing and driving sustainability throughout the packaging lifecycle.
The three 2025 winners, who utilize healthcare packaging made with DuPont™ Tyvek® material and whose efforts show a significant focus on sustainability, are:

More and more people in today’s fast-paced working environment feel perpetually on edge: unable to focus, plagued by a nonstop stream of notifications, and exhausted before the day even ends. This is due in part to overstimulation, which, in the healthcare setting, can be worse than almost anywhere else.

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.