---
title: 'What’s the Big Deal with Big Brother? Taking a Look at Surveillance Cameras in Your Sterile Processing Department'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/whats-the-big-deal-with-big-brother-taking-a-look-at-surveillance-cameras-in-your-sterile-processing-department'
show: 'Beyond Clean'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/beyond-clean'
published: '2022-01-27'
audio: 'https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beyondclean/Article_077_-_Whats_the_Big_Deal_with_Big_Brother.mp3'
---

# What’s the Big Deal with Big Brother? Taking a Look at Surveillance Cameras in Your Sterile Processing Department

written by Hank Balch

## Summary

In this episode of Articles On-The-Go, Hank Balch considers the reasons for and against using surveillance cameras in SPD: -- "A single large fragment implant tray could easily walk out our door to the tune of $120,000. To reference more recent incidents, a hospital could see $450,000 worth of colonoscopes stolen in broad daylight. Surveillance systems are a known deterrent of these kinds of crimes of opportunity, and can give much peace of mind to department leaders who struggle with high foot traffic around their storage areas."

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