---
title: 'Dangerous Decontam: Is Your Department Design Hurting Your People?'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/dangerous-decontam-is-your-department-design-hurting-your-people'
show: 'Beyond Clean'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/beyond-clean'
published: '2023-12-28'
audio: 'https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beyondclean/Article_092_-_Dangerous_Decontam.mp3'
---

# Dangerous Decontam: Is Your Department Design Hurting Your People?

written by Hank Balch

## Summary

In this CE-approved Articles On-The Go episode, Hank Balch outlines the actionable steps SPDs should follow to prioritize technician safety in the decontamination area: “You don’t have to spend more than five minutes in a Sterile Processing decontamination area to realize it’s a dangerous space. The entire concept of standard precautions causes some technicians to daydream about what horrible disease might be clinging to this orthopedic broach or..."

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