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
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
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 […]