Understanding Steam Autoclave Ownership Costs: Acquisition Cost vs. Operating Cost Written by: Scott Mechler Whether you’re purchasing a small laboratory autoclave or one for your ambulatory surgery center, a steam autoclave is a significant investment. Beyond budgeting for upfront purchasing costs, it’s critical to understand the overall lifetime costs of owning a steam autoclave, as well. In order to make the best purchasing decision, you need to consider both the initial price tag (the acquisition cost) and the long-term maintenance costs (the operating cost). By combining these costs, you can get the full picture of what it costs to own an autoclave over its entire lifespan. When in the market for your next steam autoclave, it’s important to carefully consider all associated costs — let’s break them down. Read more → Tweet Like Share
Is Your Laboratory on the Path to LEED Certification? Learn How Your Steam Sterilizers Can Make a Difference. Written by: Scott Mechler Laboratories are notorious for energy consumption. As a rule of thumb, a lab consumes roughly 5-10 times more energy per square foot than an average office building. That’s why it’s vital for a laboratory to implement eco friendly equipment, such as water savings systems for steam sterilizers. Read more → Tweet Like Share
How an Eco-Friendly Lab Sterilizer Can Save Your Facility Over $100,000 Written by: Scott Mechler Whether you’re building a new laboratory or retrofitting an existing space—it’s time to start thinking ‘green.’ The world’s leading labs, universities, and research facilities are installing eco-friendly autoclaves equipped with water saving systems in an effort to lower their environmental impact and realize cost savings. Read more → Tweet Like Share
Why Your Autoclaves Are Wasting Water (and Money) and How To Stop It Written by: Scott Mechler Steam autoclaves (also referred to as sterilizers) are common and essential pieces of equipment in today’s microbiology and animal labs; however, they traditionally consume a significant amount of water. Read more → Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Launches Line of Water Purification Systems Written by: Scott Mechler BOSTON, MA, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 – Consolidated Sterilizer Systems today announced the launch of their new line of water purification systems, spearheaded by the WPS-1200-RO and WPS-1200-DI. Consolidated’s Water Purification Systems help remove contaminants such as salts and minerals from inlet water, ensuring maximum uptime and low maintenance costs for sterilizers. The WPS-1200-RO reverse osmosis […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated CEO to Present Sustainable Sterilizer Systems Written by: Scott Mechler BOSTON, MA, OCTOBER 2, 2012 – Consolidated Sterilizer Systems announced today that Arthur Trapotsis, President and CEO, will be presenting innovative ideas on sustainable steam sterilizers at the 2012 International Conference on Sustainable Laboratories: Choosing the Right Equipment. His presentation is entitled: Green Autoclaves – Water Saving Designs and Practices for Steam Sterilizers. This 2012 […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Sterilizer CEO to Present Water Saving Designs for Sustainability Written by: Scott Mechler Consolidated Sterilizer Systems today announced that Arthur Trapotsis, President and CEO, will be presenting innovative ideas on Green Autoclaves – Water Saving Designs and Practices for Steam Sterilizers at the 7th Annual Northeast Building and Facilities Management Show and Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, June 6-7, 2012. The talk will be held at the Boston Convention […] Tweet Like Share
WaterEco® Series now a registered trademark of Consolidated Sterilizer Systems Written by: Scott Mechler Consolidated Sterilizer Systems was recently awarded trademark protection for its WaterEco® steam sterilizer water saving systems. All WaterEco® systems are designed to save energy and reduce utility consumption on new and existing autoclaves. These systems assist architects and facility planners in creating more energy efficient buildings thereby lowering the aggregate environmental impact and obtaining LEED […] Tweet Like Share
Consolidated Sterilizer CEO to Present Energy Saving Design Options for Sustainability Written by: Scott Mechler Consolidated Sterilizer Systems, Inc. (Consolidated) today announced that Arthur Trapotsis, President and CEO, will be one of four industry innovators who will present their ideas on Water Savings Design and Practices for Animal Holding Equipment Cleaning and Sterilization at the 12th Annual CDC International Symposium on Biosafety in Atlanta, Georgia, February 11-15, 2012. The symposium […] Tweet Like Share
New Water-Saving Systems Dramatically Reduce Water Consumption and Costs of Operation Written by: Scott Mechler Water Usage Falls to Less than One Gallon per Day for Selected Models/Applications Consolidated Sterilizer Systems, Inc. (Consolidated) today announced a series of new water and energy-savings systems for the company’s line of Small and Medium Series laboratory steam sterilizers. Marketed as the WaterEco® Series, the new water mitigation systems are designed for use on […] 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 […]