Michael Beyond Clean 35:20Comments Off on Built Different – Level Up: Developing Your SPD Team Through Gamification
What if a little friendly competition could change the way your SPD team learns? This week, Bobby and Jason sit down with Ashley Thompson to talk about how gamification...
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Michael Beyond Clean 35:20Comments Off on Built Different – Level Up: Developing Your SPD Team Through Gamification
What if a little friendly competition could change the way your SPD team learns? This week, Bobby and Jason sit down with Ashley Thompson to talk about how gamification...
Michael Beyond Clean 39:31Comments Off on Built Different – Same Page, Every Shift: The Case for Standardization in SPD
If you ask three technicians how a process gets done in your SPD, there’s a good chance you’ll get three different answers. So how do you get everyone on...
Michael Beyond Clean 34:13Comments Off on Built Different – Checking a Box, or Checking a Skill? The Truth about Annual Competencies
Are your annual competencies actually measuring proficiency, or just checking boxes? This week, Bobby and Jason sit down with SPD educator Tanya Cambise for an honest conversation about what...
Michael Beyond Clean 27:26Comments Off on Built Different – Beyond the Binder: Tracking Competencies with Technology
Dig out those competency binders, #CleanFreaks! On this episode of Beyond Clean, Bobby Parker and co-host Jason Minutillo welcome Jeremy Bernier to discuss what it really takes to bring...
Michael Beyond Clean 35:10Comments Off on Built Different – Cap and Gown (and Gloves): SPD Collegiate Programs
Looking around your SPD, chances are many of your fellow #CleanFreaks found their way into Sterile Processing through very different journeys. But that’s beginning to change. This week, we...
Michael Beyond Clean 36:56Comments Off on Built Different – Competent to Lead: Building Leaders Before Building Teams
Every strong SPD starts with strong leadership. The question is: how do you build it? On the Season 33 premiere of Beyond Clean, we sit down with Jason Minutillo...
June 5, 2026Michael Beyond Clean, Vendor Spotlight 44:17Comments Off on Confidence in Every Cycle: Reducing Guesswork in Sterilization Monitoring
Sterilization monitoring shouldn’t slow your department down. On this week’s Beyond Clean Vendor Spotlight™, Matt Linabery and Larry Talapa from Solventum join us to share how Solventum’s latest solutions...
Michael Beyond Clean 35:05Comments Off on SPD Fact Check – Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be: Rethinking the Post-Cycle Door Habit
Your steam cycle finishes, and out of habit, someone cracks the sterilizer door. Sound familiar? On this episode of Beyond Clean, we sit down with Echo Pontinen, Sterile Processing...
Michael Beyond Clean 34:53Comments Off on SPD Fact Check – Scope Sterilization Standoff: Steam vs. Low-Temp for Rigid Endoscopes
At first glance, most rigid endoscopes look pretty much the same. So why can some be steam sterilized while others absolutely can’t? On this episode of “SPD Fact Check,”...
Michael Beyond Clean 35:02Comments Off on SPD Fact Check – Cupboards, Carts, & Corkboards: Managing Sterile Storage Outside the SPD/OR
Your SPD has temperature controls, storage policies, and carefully designed workflows to protect sterility. So what happens when your instruments leave your facility and head to a clinic across...
Michael Beyond Clean 27:00Comments Off on The Last Black Speck: How One Team Solved the Debris Problem for Good
What does it really take to make sure a black speck problem never comes back? In the final episode of “What the Speck?,” Sterile Processing expert Kendra Lucas shares...
Michael Beyond Clean 43:51Comments Off on On Pathogens & PPE: Taking the Lead in SPD
You’re doing the work. You’re solving the problems. Now it’s time to take the lead! On this Season 2 finale of “On Pathogens & PPE,” host Jill Holdsworth is...
Michael Beyond Clean 33:50Comments Off on SPD Fact Check – Now You See Me: When Borescopes Reveal Dirty Instruments
You run a borescope through an instrument, and something doesn’t look right. Is it debris? Damage? Or has it always been there? On this episode of Beyond Clean, we’re...
Michael Beyond Clean 36:02Comments Off on A Speck in Your Eye: Putting an End to the Finger-Pointing
Black specks may be small, but the tension they create between departments can be anything but. In this episode of “What the Speck?,” Alex Miseirvitch from Aesculap® joins us...
Michael Beyond Clean 37:22Comments Off on On Pathogens & PPE: Assembly Without Disruptions
You’re building a tray. The phone rings. Someone needs an update. You step away… and just like that, the process breaks. On this week’s episode of “On Pathogens &...
Michael Beyond Clean 34:49Comments Off on SPD Fact Check – The $4,999 Problem: What Invoice Splitting Really Costs SPD Leaders
$4,999. In many SPDs, that number can be the difference between getting what your department needs—or waiting months for approval. On this episode of Beyond Clean, we’re joined by...
Built Different – Level Up: Developing Your SPD Team Through Gamification
What if a little friendly competition could change the way your SPD team learns? This week, Bobby and Jason sit down with Ashley Thompson to talk about how gamification...