By the end of this month, health service organisations must have a plan in place for meeting the updated sterilisation standards for Australia and New Zealand. Peter...
Decanting the CSSD to meet the new standard
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Facilities
Healthcare facility planning & management: Get the plan right
If the last two years has shown us anything, it is that whatever business we are in, we need planning to be flexible, fast and accurate. This is particularly true for...
Laser cleaning: faster, smarter and safer
As many hospitals are implementing or planning changes to sterilisation departments in order to comply with the upcoming new A4187 standards, it is a good time to look...
Queensland hospital upscales endoscopy capacity
A modular facility providing additional capacity for endoscopy procedures was recently installed at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane. A busy centre for endoscopy...
To RO, or not to RO? That is the question
Christopher Hall, Director of Aquacure Water Treatment, discusses the importance of selecting the right water treatment process for each use, and explains why Reverse...
Building additional surgical capacity
Two new mobile laminar flow operating theatres have just come off the production line, meaning new flexible operating capacity will soon be available to Australian...
Challenges in healthcare design
David Stoneley, Director of Health Architecture for Australia at global design practice GHD Woodhead, outlines some of challenges in designing healthcare facilities,...
Sterilisation: Control of Biofilm Using Temperature
Dr Surani McCaw, a healthcare consultant and adviser on water sterilisation standards, outlines the critical factors for success when using temperature to control...
Flexible capacity added at Prince Charles Hospital
A modular facility providing additional capacity for endoscopy procedures has been installed at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane. Finding a solution and...
Misconceptions about flexible healthcare
When first considering the introduction of a modular or mobile operating theatre, endoscopy suite or ward, proposals can be met with an amount of scepticism,...
