Culture
Fighting the War: Relationship Battles Between OR and SPD
[Our Sterile Processing teams #FightDirty every day. But what happens when we lose focus and begin fighting each other instead? And how do we reorient
February 5, 2022 No Comments
Teamwork
Community
Stronger Together: Why Your City/Region and State Needs a Sterile Processing Association
(I dedicate this post to Vermont, Nebraska, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, and every CS professional who feels alone. We have not
December 1, 2021 No Comments
Culture
Prove it & Improve it: Building Sterile Processing Policies that Actually Work
We assumed that by telling the team to add this practice to their routine that it would just happen. We learned a lot about clear…
November 10, 2021 No Comments
Communication
“Cookies Are For Chumps”: Getting Sterile Processing Recognition Right
I’m not a cookie-hater. I just like some things more than cookies – like getting a shout out from the chief of surgery, or receiving
June 23, 2021 No Comments
Teamwork
Making & Taking the Initiative: How to Get the Most out of Your CS/SPD Process Improvement Project
If a tree falls in a forest, but there’s no one around to hear it — does it still make a sound? If a CS
May 5, 2021 No Comments
Culture
Every Heart & Mind: 4 Crucial Tips for Cultivating “Mission-Believers” in your SPD
“Go out and dominate the Sterile Processing universe!” That’s what I would tell my technicians at the end of every shift huddle, every staff meeting,
December 16, 2020 No Comments
Network
One Book to Rule Them All: 5 Creative Ways to Read the AAMI Standards and Not Get Bored
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
December 18, 2019 No Comments
Culture
Break “the Rule”: Why the Two-Week Notice is Not Your Friend in CS/SPD
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”.
December 18, 2019 No Comments
Quality
“Extremely Dangerous, and Potentially Fatal Outcome for Patients”: Another Anonymous Letter from SPD
(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
December 18, 2019 No Comments
Quality
Get Schooled: The Critical Need for Collaboration Between SPD Training Programs & Your Hospital
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
December 18, 2019 No Comments