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When Saving Pennies Can Cost Dollars

When Saving Pennies Can Cost Dollars

When it comes to medical devices and the products needed for reprocessing transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) ultrasound probes, generic forms of high-level disinfectant can lead to very serious and costly consequences.

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The Trouble with Reprocessing

The Trouble with Reprocessing

How much goes into reprocessing a simple TEE probe, anyway? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a PDF outlining everything you need to know about disinfection and sterilization.

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3 Ways You Can Minimize Medical Waste

3 Ways You Can Minimize Medical Waste

Waste has become a major issue over the last few decades. As society has advanced, more and more things have become disposable and we have become more and more willing to just toss things in the trash, even when it's not necessary.

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CS Medical LLC Announces Strategic Partnership with APIC

CS Medical LLC Announces Strategic Partnership with APIC

CS Medical LLC has decided to continue as an APIC Strategic Partner in 2021 in order to keep fighting towards healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevention.

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What is Cleaning?

What is Cleaning?

Cleaning a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) ultrasound probe is vital to achieving high-level disinfection.

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2 Ways CS Medical Keeps You Compliant

2 Ways CS Medical Keeps You Compliant

In this age of instant information at our fingertips, technologies that retain all information on a patient procedure and make it easily transportable via thumb drive are very attractive. But are they compliant with laws and standards set by HIPAA and by accrediting agencies, like TJC?

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How Long Can Probes Hang?

How Long Can Probes Hang?

After you remove your TEE probe from your TEEClean or TD 100 and you dry it off? Should you hang it up, put it in a case, or something else? And once stored, how long can probes stay high-level disinfected? Let’s go over the basics and understand what the best practices are for TEE probe storage.

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TD 100 Service Videos

TD 100 Service Videos

In an effort to better serve our customers, CS Medical’s Service Department would like to announce the production of TD 100 Service Videos.

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Top 5 National Patient Safety Goals for 2020

Top 5 National Patient Safety Goals for 2020

The Joint Commission (TJC) has released its National Patient Safety Goals for 2020. According to TJC, these goals are developed in an effort to improve patient safety in hospitals in the coming year.

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Importance of Water Quality

Importance of Water Quality

Overlooking water quality can have serious repercussions for patients and healthcare facilities.

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Reducing the Risk of Biofilm

Reducing the Risk of Biofilm

When biofilm forms on a device, like a transesophageal echocardiogram ultrasound (TEE) probe, it is nearly impossible to remove and can endanger patient safety.

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Study Completed on the TD 100 Automated TEE Probe Disinfector's removal of HPV

Study Completed on the TD 100 Automated TEE Probe Disinfector's removal of HPV

Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) place a huge financial burden on facilities, can have enormous impacts on a provider's reputation, and put financial and emotional strain on patients.

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The Importance of Cleaning

The Importance of Cleaning

If a probe is not cleaned properly, it may result in biofilm developing on the probe, making disinfection difficult to achieve.

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FAQ Spotlight: TEE Probe or Endoscope?

FAQ Spotlight: TEE Probe or Endoscope?

Since TEE Probes and Endoscopes can look alike, it can be easy to assume that they can be cleaned and disinfected in the same manner.

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Bacterial Contamination of Ultrasound Probes from Common Drying Methods

Bacterial Contamination of Ultrasound Probes from Common Drying Methods

by Brenna Morris, Microbiologist, B.S. and Tom Fischer, Chief Science Officer, Ph.D

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TPorter Announcement

TPorter Announcement

TPorter is engineered to aide healthcare professionals to promote the proper care of TEE ultrasound probes.

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TEE Probe Storage Cabinets

TEE Probe Storage Cabinets

CS Medical, manufacturer of the TD 100 automated TEE probe disinfector, is pleased to announce that the company now offers TEE probe storage cabinets.

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