Contaminated Instruments frequently take a one to two-hour trip from the end of treatment to the start of soak time in Central Processing. Meanwhile blood and other soils are drying to create biofilm and corrosion. The challenge for the healthcare facility is creating a team process to prevent formation of dried soils and biofilm on…
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You wake up this morning, grab your cup of coffee and head into work. You get there to greet a new department – one that you have very little familiarity with – the Sterile Processing Department. You have a couple of days to observe the state of…
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As healthcare professionals, we go to great lengths to make sure that our Operating Rooms are safe and that the sterility of medical devices is maintained to prevent harm to patients. What if, after all that effort, the culprit for spreading illness…
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On October 1, 2017 a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers on Route 91 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 10 minutes later the deadliest mass shooting in US history had transpired within the blink of an eye. Little did this week’s podcast guest know that…
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It stands a little over five feet tall, increases sterilization efficiencies and saves time and money. Yes, it could be your new best friend- it’s the SteriCUBE and on this week’s release of the Beyond Clean Vendor Spotlight series, we talk to…
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With the tragic turn of events at Seattle Children’s Hospital, the subject of mold in healthcare environments has taken front-and-center stage all across the country. It’s important to understand that there is always a little mold everywhere indoors – in the air and on most surfaces. Mold spores are brought into the building through various…
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When a problem strikes in Sterile Processing or the Operating Room that puts a patient at risk, the knee jerk reaction is to what? To fire the person responsible. On this Season 7 Rewind episode, we talked with a mathematics major on a full…
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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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