Since 1969, Healthmark Industries Company, Inc. has developed and marketed innovative solutions to aid healthcare facilities in their delivery of surgical instruments and other lifesaving medical ...

The public can call the Colorado Health Emergency Line for Public Information (COHELP) at 303-389-1687 or 1-877-462-2911 for general questions about surgical site infections, HIV, hepatitis B and ...

6 Common Errors in Surgical Instrument Processing Proper management of resources as well efficient and effective cleaning, assembling and sterilizing of surgical instruments are imperative to a well ...

One of the most dangerous places to be in America is on an Operating Room table. The Leapfrog Group estimates that as many as 400,000 patients die every year due to preventable hospital errors.

A bone fragment left over from a previous surgery that was stuck to a surgical instrument provided a clue to Porter Adventist Hospital’s faulty scrubbing of surgery tools, but the hospital sa… ...

A health union is demanding an inquiry into the standard of surgical instrument cleaning after a series of scandals. Equipment at one hospital was found to be contaminated with human flesh while ...