International Infection Prevention Week: Why Healthcare Should Understand SPD’s Role

October 21, 2026 CommunicationIndustry Perspectives

International Infection Prevention Week: Why Healthcare Should Understand SPD’s Role By: David Jagrosse, CRCST CHL When we talk about infection prevention in healthcare, Sterile Processing…

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Inside Ascendco’s Architecture: Orchestration and Control Are Different Problems

October 6, 2026 CommunicationCompany News

Orchestration and Control Are Different Problems By: Welsh Harris, Co-Founder & CTO at Ascendco Health One of the most important architectural decisions we’ve made at…

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Automating Backup Instrumentation Replenishment

July 22, 2026 AnalyticsCase StudiesMonitoring

Automating Backup Instrumentation Replenishment How UF Health cut instrument search time from nearly 11 minutes to about 10 seconds, and protected OR throughput in the…

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Quiz: Can You Spot the Made Up Instruments?

July 15, 2026 Quizzes & Polls

OR IQ · Instrument Recognition Can You Spot the Fake Instruments? We invented a handful of surgical instrument names out of thin air. The rest…

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Built for Big-Box Hospitals: Why Instrument Tracking Never Fit the ASC

June 18, 2026 Industry Perspectives

This week, I attended a Becker’s ASC Review webinar on why sterile processing failures in ASCs are a bottom-line problem, with Damien Berg and Jeremy Gibson-Roark RN,…

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Education as a Risk-Reduction Strategy in Sterile Processing

February 11, 2026 Industry PerspectivesKnowledge

Education as a Risk-Reduction Strategy in Sterile Processing  Sterile processing is one of the most risk-sensitive environments in healthcare. Every instrument that reaches the operating…

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Sterile Processing at a Crossroads: From Compliance to Strategic Readiness

February 2, 2026 Industry PerspectivesKnowledge

Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) have always been the quiet backbone of surgical services. But “quiet” is no longer sufficient. The coming years will reward hospitals…

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How to Prepare for Sterile Processing Accreditation Surveys

January 20, 2026 CommunicationCompany NewsKnowledge

What surveyors look for, and where hospitals get cited most Sterile processing is not a “behind-the-scenes” function, it is one of the most visible indicators…

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2026 Healthcare Trends

January 6, 2026 CommunicationCompany NewsKnowledge

Healthcare is entering a defining shift in 2026. It is one where outcomes, not activity, determine value. Federal reimbursement models are increasingly tied to measurable…

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Missing Indicators in Surgical Sets: An Industry Education Topic

December 16, 2025 Industry PerspectivesKnowledge

Defining the Problem Missing chemical or biological indicators inside surgical trays represent a significant patient safety risk and a major deviation from national standards.  Chemical…

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Why Your Sterile Processing Department Needs Digital Tracking

November 5, 2025 Industry PerspectivesKnowledge

When Maria, the Sterile Processing Manager at a mid-size hospital, got the call that morning, her stomach dropped. An OR nurse had reported instruments from…

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Cultivating Service Excellence in Sterile Processing: Why It Matters Now More Than Ever

August 26, 2025 Industry PerspectivesKnowledgeStaffing

If you’ve ever worked in Sterile Processing, you know that the word “service” can sometimes feel like an afterthought, or even a burden. Our teams…

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