Regulators want it, healthcare facilities want it, medical device manufacturers want it…what if surgical instrument validation was actually geared toward a specific standard protocol? This re-released Season 1 episode features one of the biggest…
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Surgical instrument repair questions are such an important part of everything that we do as sterile processing professionals. David Anbari joins us to talk about preventative maintenance, accessibility and the mobile aspect of third party repair…
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Picture this: your hospital has access to a magic button that would reduce SPD volume by up to 100 trays per week and reduce tray sizes by over 35%. Sound too good to be true? On this release of the Beyond Clean Vendor Spotlight series, we talk…
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There’s a running joke in literary circles about books that few people have ever read, but every one pretends to — books like Moby Dick, War and Peace, Atlas Shrugged, and Les Misérables. One reason few of us have ventured to complete these reads is that the books themselves are MASSIVE, and, some may argue, at times, a little…um…boring. But what about…
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So it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything overtly controversial, but this article may reset that counter back to “0 Days without a Controversy”. Today, I want to talk about quitters. Unless your name is Arlene Scisney (a 30-year veteran instrument tech at Jewish Hospital SPD), chances are high that you have worked at…
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1) “Like a good neighbor…” 2) “Come on down, you’re the next contestant on…” 3) “Maybe she’s born with it,…” 4) “There’s some things money can’t buy. For everything else…” Chances are very high that if you’ve spent any time in the United States over the past 20 years you can finish at least three…
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As a whole, Sterile Processing professionals are an opinionated group. If you’ve ever sat in a room with other department leaders and talked about anything Sterile Processing related, you probably realized just how deep and diverse our experiences, preferences, and professional outlooks really are. Some of that has to do with the myriad of different…
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(We recently received another anonymous letter from one of our listeners. It is another poignant reminder of the reality of far too many Sterile Processing departments and earnest professionals in our industry. These are the real challenges facing our teams today. We can’t afford to ignore it.) “In reading the anonymous letter to the Sterile…
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(We recently received this anonymous letter from one of our listeners. It is a poignant reminder of the reality of far too many Sterile Processing departments and earnest professionals in our industry. And the questions they ask need real answers…) “I don’t know what to do. I am new to sterile processing and am horrified…
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Throughout my career as a Sterile Processing manager and later system director, finding qualified technicians for our departments was always a challenge. Even finding professionals with previous hospital experience was not always a winning situation, when certain bad habits had to be unlearned and it wasn’t always clear why the technician left their old job…
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