A P R I L 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 4 9
M
ost of surgery's hottest innovations are found in
high-tech ORs, but don't ignore the exciting new
developments taking place in central sterile depart-
ments. Your reprocessing techs might soon use vir-
tual reality to become expert in instrument care or
refer to real-time augmented reality displays of reprocessing instruc-
New-School
Thinking
in
Sterile
Reprocessing
Interactive
imaging
and
the
return
of
ethylene
oxide
will
shape
the
future
care
of
contaminated
instruments.
• HELP WANTED Technological advances are keeping pace with the growing complexity of instrument care.
Weston (Hank) Balch, BS, MDiv, CRCST, CIS, CHL | San Antonio, Texas
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
