{"title":"Practical lessons from the Legionnaires disease outbreak.","authors":"E P Miles, I D Farrell, N F Cripps","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80037,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sterile services management","volume":"5 3","pages":"12-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Consider a potato...\" The economics of regional distribution centres.","authors":"T M Bailey","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80037,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sterile services management","volume":"5 2","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RCN introduce new guidelines in infection control.","authors":"F Sims-Williams","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The RCN Safety Representatives Conference Co-ordinating Committee urge all nurses, not only to be vaccinated against hepatitis B, but also to ensure that they understand, and appreciate, infection control guidelines, and to ensure that, in their local working environment, they are followed closely. This statement is contained in the preface of the Royal College of Nursing's Introduction to Hepatitis B and Nursing Guidelines for Infection Control, launched in London on 30th June 1987, as part of the RCN's active campaign on hepatitis B. It is anticipated that these guidelines will have an enormous impact on the NHS.</p>","PeriodicalId":80037,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sterile services management","volume":"5 2","pages":"17-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An analysis of how economic decisions regarding purchasing are made in the N.H.S.","authors":"R Atfield","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Like many multi-million pound organizations, with a number of operational levels and a multitude of delivery points, decisions regarding the purchasing of goods and services in the NHS are made in many different ways. In 1985 the total expenditure of the NHS in England alone was in excess of 9,000 million pounds and, that, 6,8000 million pounds was spent on salaries and wages for staff. The majority of the remainder was spent on goods and services with a small proportion through specific National or Regional contracts. Much of the purchasing, therefore, is in the hands of personnel at Unit level and below.</p>","PeriodicalId":80037,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sterile services management","volume":"5 2","pages":"2-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional distribution centres.","authors":"D Greenslade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regional Distribution Centres are designed for all items of a volume nature. While medical and surgical items are a component, so too are textiles, food, stationary, etc. An RDC is a complete entity. We recognise, however, that medical and surgical items need special consideration. It is necessary to produce conditions that are equal to, if not better than, that of the suppliers. The Scientific and Technical Branch of the DHSS have inspected the Mersey RDC. They have made a number of recommendations to bring it up to GMP standard for the storage and handling of sterile goods. Most of these have been implemented, although some are still awaited. Suppliers are obliged to meet these standards so I feel we should be no different. My message to you is that Regional Distribution Centres certainly work, provided that there is open and frank debate and that all concerned are fully involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":80037,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sterile services management","volume":"5 2","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21155085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sterilization. Steam sterilizers and steam sterilizer standards--Australia.","authors":"D W Friend","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objectives that I have adopted for my contribution are: To describe the \"environment\" surrounding steam sterilization in Australian Hospitals; To describe the origin and features of current Australian steam sterilizer Standards; and To discuss some directions for future changes to hospital steam sterilization in Australia.</p>","PeriodicalId":80037,"journal":{"name":"Journal of sterile services management","volume":"5 1","pages":"24, 26-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1987-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21152680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}