Sterilization and Reprocessing―A Matter of Patient Safety

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the reusable medical device industry are increasingly concerned that inadequately reprocessed devices are responsible for a host of hospital-acquired infections. So how clean is clean? What impact does device design have? What can your facility do now to improve in this area? This issue of Horizons offers the latest practices, expert advice, and practical tips from manufacturers, regulators, clinicians, sterile processing experts, and other healthcare technology professionals.

Here’s a look at a few of the articles:

• A Roundtable Discussion: Toward a Cleaner Future
• 10 Things Your Organization Can Do Now to Improve Reprocessing
• Sterile Processing Supports Patient Care
  

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Fall 2012 Horizons: Mobile Health

Mobile health, or mHealth, uses mobile technologies like cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers, and personal digital assistants as platforms for health research,
education, and health delivery. These technologies—and the healthcare applications that run on them—promise to dramatically change the delivery of healthcare, with potential for ultimately improving clinical outcomes and lowering costs. What do these trends mean for those who develop, implement, manage, and use medical devices?

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