8 Questions to Ask Before a Steam Sterilizer Installation Written by: Arthur Trapotsis At Consolidated Sterilizer Systems, we perform multiple sterilizer installations each week. There are a number of considerations to address on every installation. The following is a list of questions to ask prior to your sterilizer installation to ensure your facility is ready. 1. How am I going to get the sterilizer from the delivery truck […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Sterilizers Launches New, User-focused Website Written by: Arthur Trapotsis BOSTON, MA, AUGUST 13, 2012 – Consolidated Sterilizer Systems today announced the launch of their new, customer-focused website at www.consteril.com. consteril.com has been an online repository for information on Consolidated’s products, company news, and latest releases for the past several years. However, CEO Arthur Trapotsis decided it was time for a facelift as more customers […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Sterilizers’ Exclusive Tower Model Provides Efficient, Space-saving Design Written by: Arthur Trapotsis Tower Model reduces sterilizer footprint by more than 35%. Consolidated Sterilizer Systems, Inc. (Consolidated) today announced their focus on helping laboratories capitalize on space limitations with the Tower Model Small Lab series sterilizer. The Tower Model is a “stacked” dual chamber sterilizer that drastically reduces the space required for sterilization systems within any laboratory setup. […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Introduces New SteriNET and Express Custom Delivery Written by: Arthur Trapotsis Consolidated Sterilizer Systems announces the introduction of two new feature/service programs designed to improve sterilizer monitoring and to accelerate acquisition of new sterilizers by avoiding long lead times. SteriNET™ SteriNET™ is the company’s suite of remote monitoring, troubleshooting, supervisory control and data acquisition systems. Developed for use with the Consolidated Advantage™ Series controllers, the SteriNET™ […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Joins Haiti Relief Effort with Equipment Dontations Written by: Arthur Trapotsis Boston, MA, April 5, 2010 – Consolidated Sterilizer Systems has announced delivery of the first of three steam sterilizers the company is supplying to the Crudem Foundation in support of the non-profit group’s efforts in Haiti following that country’s devastating earthquake in January, 2010. Consolidated’s steam sterilizers are essential to infection control in hospitals and […] Tweet Like Share
Award for Green Building Design Written by: Arthur Trapotsis Consolidated Sterilizer Systems was recently presented with a Green Building of America Award for their participation in “Green Builiding” projects. CSS was referred by Turner Construction Company to receive this plaque in recognition of Consolidated’s participation in recent Green Builiding projects. CSS strives to be ahead of the curve with green solutions in order to […] Tweet Like Share
New Chamber Cleaning Solution Introduced Written by: Arthur Trapotsis Consolidated Sterilizer Systems has introduced C3, a safe and effective interior chamber cleaning solution that will keep the inside of sterilizer looking new and smelling fresh. Learn more → Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Attends AALAS, Indianapolis Written by: Arthur Trapotsis Consolidated Sterilizer Systems met with customers, USA and international sales and service representatives at the 59th annual meeting of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science in Indianapolis, IN, November 10, 2008. During the exhibition, Consolidated staff demonstrated the company’s new PLC programmable logic control system designed to maximize the performance of the pulse-vac steam […] Tweet Like Share
7.12.23 Cordyceps Sterilization: How to Kill “The Last of Us” Parasite → In HBO’s recent adaptation of “The Last of Us,” a popular action-adventure video game, life as we know it is upended by a parasitic fungus that transforms its human hosts into zombies. The culprit? Cordyceps, a real-life genus of fungus which is best known for infecting insects (most famously ants) in much the same manner […]
6.30.23 Top 13 Sterile Processing Mistakes in Hospitals → When it comes to ensuring patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) is among the last lines of defense. It’s this department’s sole responsibility to make sure that reusable instruments and devices are properly decontaminated, sterilized, and ultimately safe to use in future procedures — protecting patients from […]
6.22.23 Sterilization vs. High-Level and Low-Level Disinfection [a 3-Point Comparison] → In a 1939 paper, microbiologist Earle H. Spaulding introduced a system for determining which medical devices and instruments needed disinfection and which ones required sterilization. In it, he proposed that critical instruments would need to be subjected to more stringent disinfection protocols than non-critical patient care items. Today, this framework is fittingly known as Spaulding […]