Michael
Competency Saves Lives: Why the Hard Work of SPD Competency Paperwork Can’t be Ignored
In recent months, I’ve seen multiple videos of similar horrifying events pop up on my social media newsfeeds. The consistent theme runs like this: surveillance videos of parking lots, food courts, or bus stations; an infant/toddler begins choking and stops breathing; and a frantic parent hands the distressed child off to a police officer or…
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The Nuts & Bolts of Pre-Cleaning: The Policies, Processes, and Products That Make Pre-Cleaning Work
(To earn 2 CEs for HSPA & CBSPD, read the article below, watch this panel discussion, then take the CE quiz here!) If you’ve been around Sterile Processing or the OR at all for the last 5-10 years, I’m sure you’ve already heard about the importance of Precleaning. Every accreditation survey group expects precleaning to…
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Give an Inch, They’ll Take a Mile: How Compromising Kills your Quality Culture & How to Get it Back
Although it only takes one compromise to lead to widespread quality issues, it will take an entire team to create a culture where…
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Keep the Bugs Out!
Vaporized hydrogen peroxide sterilizers used in SPD perform a terminal sterilization process. It’s terminal because the devices processed are packaged to maintain their sterility until opening at the point of use. In comparison, liquid chemical sterilization is not a terminal process and does not result in sterile devices since they can get contaminated by microorganisms…
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