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Why is the Healthcare Industry Moving to Sterile Single-Use Solutions?

Posted by Joanna Litchfield Dodson on Dec 27, 2019 9:00:00 AM

Over the last few decades, the rate of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has caused great safety and quality of care concern and placed infection prevention at the forefront of healthcare initiatives.

Healthcare organizations are making a rapid switch to sterile single-use instruments to reduce HAIs and cross-contamination, as well as the costs associated with reprocessing and sterilizing reusable instruments.

Key Benefits of Single-Use
• Risk management - Reduce the risk of HAI’s and cross contamination
• Efficiency - Individually packaged and Ready-to-use
• Logistics - Allows management of supplies in line with customer demand
• Cost Allocation - Single-use instrument costs are simple and easy to calculate
• Cost Savings - No sterilization, reprocessing or validation

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SKLARS TOP INSTRUMENT OFFERINGS CS/25 SKU
IRIS SCISSORS, STRAIGHT, 4.5” 96-2505
IRIS SCISSORS, CURVED, 4.5” 96-2507
OPERATING SCISSORS, STRAIGHT, SHARP/BLUNT, 5.5” 96-2521
OPERATING SCISSORS, STRAIGHT, SHARP/SHARP, 5.5” 96-2523
LISTER BANDAGE SCISSORS, 5.5” 96-2503
METZENBAUM SCISSORS, CURVED, 7” 96-2682
ADSON FORCEPS, SERRATED, 4.75” 96-2571
ADSON FORCEPS, 1X2 TEETH, 4.75” 96-2573
KELLY FORCEPS, STRIAGHT, 5.5” 96-2561
KELLY FORCEPS, CURVED, 5.5” 96-2563
HALSTED FORCEPS, STRAIGHT, 5” 96-2537
HALSTED FORCEPS, CURVED, 5” 96-2539
FINE POINT SPLINTER FORCEPS, 4.5” 96-2412
DRESSING FORCEPS, SERRATED, 5” 96-2569
SPONGE FORCEPS, STRAIGHT, SERRATED, 9.5” 96-2533
TUBE OCCLUDING FORCEPS, SMOOTH 7” 96-2408
ROCHESTER PEAN FORCEPS, CURVED, 6.25” 96-2547
CRILE FORCEPS, STRAIGHT, 5.5” 96-2551
CRILE FORCEPS, CURVED, 5.5” 96-2553
WEBSTER NEEDLE HOLDERS, SMOOTH, 5.25” 96-2587
MAYO-HEGAR NEEDLE HOLDERS, SERRATED, 6” 96-2595
CRILE-WOOD NEEDLE HOLDERS, SERRATED, 6” 96-2591
NAIL NIPPERS, 4.5” 96-2666

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Topics: Care & Cleaning, Sterile Disposables, econo-sterile, HAI compliance