MENTOR, OHIO - Booth 2028 will be full of opportunity at the AORN Congress in Chicago, Illinois from March 17-19. STERIS Corporation will be exhibiting practical innovations designed to advance patient care, even in a tight economy. Real-world solutions will be on display in abundance, from cost-saving surgical tables and surgical integration technology to highly productive instrument washers, sterilization systems and sterilization monitoring devices. In addition, process improvement and system planning professionals will illustrate how facilities can do more with less, and save on operating costs by streamlining workflow and improving space utilization.

"Quality remains as the top priority for healthcare professionals, regardless of the global economy," states Tim Chapman, senior vice president and group president of Healthcare for STERIS. "As a company, we accept the challenge of helping health systems improve the quality of care with fewer resources. We provide STERIS technologies and services that can help streamline operations and reduce operating costs within the first year of ownership and over the long term."

For example, healthcare systems continue to be under pressure to make their OR suites as productive as possible. They need to accelerate OR turnaround, optimize the scheduling of procedures, and take advantage of innovation such as highly flexible hybrid ORs that can handle a full spectrum of surgical and interventional procedures. In order to accomplish this with fewer resources, they must rely on manufacturers who can:
-Provide flexible technologies such as the new STERIS® 5085 SRT Surgical Table,* the world's first sliding, rotating and transporting table. This highly versatile imaging and surgical platform offers unusually generous weight-bearing, height adjustment and image-sliding ranges; is very easy to maneuver and position with an advanced hand control and fifth-wheel 360-degree pivot mode; and is expected to be the first platform to be released in the US as a single-driver transport device for the perioperative suite. This STERIS solution can help streamline surgical workflow, save time, and reduce transfer risk for patients and the staff.

-Install practical hybrid ORs that handle a wide variety of surgical procedures, from minimally invasive techniques to interventional imaging therapies, to full open surgeries. STERIS has entered into agreements with VTS Medical Systems, Inc., Philips Medical, and others to streamline the creation of future-ready hybrid suites that give healthcare providers the maximum possible procedural flexibility in one room.

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