At Emergent, we develop, manufacture, and deliver protections against public health threats. For more than two decades, we’ve been at work defending people from things we hope will never happen — so that we’re prepared, just in case they ever do.
Allie Hunter, Director, Community Health Solutions, shares her personal experiences with addiction in her family, and how she got into this work because she wants to help others who are struggling. Allie says that as a family member, she felt helpless and didn’t know how to help her sister after ten overdoses. She didn’t have the tools or knowledge to understand addiction, and she felt like she was failing her sister.
Sterile processing departments are dealing with persistent operational pressures. Surgical case volumes are rising, instruments are more complex, and staffing shortages remain across many health systems. Accuracy and documentation requirements continue to tighten, leaving little room for error. In busy hospitals, sterile processing teams may handle 10,000 to 30,000 surgical instruments per day, with…
Unannounced surveys are no longer the exception in healthcare—they’re the norm. Accrediting bodies increasingly expect sterile processing departments (SPDs) to demonstrate consistent compliance, real-time documentation, and reliable adherence to manufacturers’ instructions for use on any given day, not just during audit season. Joint Commission survey data continue to show that high-level disinfection and sterilization practices…
The Rothman Index, developed by Dr. Michael Rothman and his brother Steven, is a pioneering patient acuity score designed to help clinicians recognize patient deterioration earlier and more clearly. Presented as an easily understood, color-coded graph that updates in real time, the Index displays upward and downward trends in patient condition at a glance—transforming…