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 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
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
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 […]
