Process THIS! Episode 146: Sustainability and Shelf Life for Blue Wrap

About this episode

Episode 146 discusses sustainability and shelf life for blue wrap in healthcare, featuring insights from experts on best practices and recycling logistics.

Sterilization wrap is a science unto itself. Individuals, organizations and companies around the world constantly seek safer, more durable options for keeping our patients safe, while considering the ecological effects of healthcare waste. In episode 146, host Casey Czarnowski speaks with members of the KiiP Group about shelf life, event-related risks and sustainability. The panel explores critical topics related to sterile wrap usage in healthcare settings, with an emphasis on the purpose and importance of IFU, best practices for sterile storage, metal mass and validated dry time, and opportunities for improving sterility assurance. The group references standards and regulations and closes with a discussion of the logistics of sterile wrap recycling. Packed with valuable information, this episode is worth 1.0 CE. Our Guests: Jennifer Zeck, BSN, RN, CRCST, CER, CIS Infection Prevention Clinical Specialist Solventum Malinda Elammari, CST, CSPM, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CSPDT, CFER, CSIS, CLSSGB, HACP-IC Founder and Owner Crown Point Consulting Sade Brown, PhD Research and Development Engineer Owens and Minor Halyard Tanya Magaña Supplier Excellence Engineering Solventum   Earn…

People in this episode

Host: Casey Czarnowski

Guests: Jennifer Zeck, Malinda Elammari, Sade Brown, Tanya Magaña

Topics covered

• sustainability
• sterilization wrap
• healthcare waste
• sterile storage
• sterility assurance
• recycling

Keywords

• sterilization wrap
• sustainability
• healthcare
• shelf life
• sterile storage
• recycling
• IFU
• sterility assurance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KiiP Group, Solventum, Crown Point Consulting, Owens and Minor Halyard

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