Episode Parent: Beyond Clean

In an industry defined by our standards, recommendations, and guidelines, there are still many misunderstanding related to how these documents can and…

How much do you know about the history of ethylene oxide and the formative role it has played in modern medical device sterilization? For older genera…

How much protein is left on your surgical instruments after “cleaning”? How much protein is too much? And how would you know? On this week’s edi…

How do you know your decontamination equipment (washers and ultrasonic cleaners) are really working as they should? What does “passing” and “fai…

Decontamination of loaner and consignment instrument trays is one of the most complex processes in a Sterile Processing department, and yet many facil…

What if there were a tool that allowed your Sterile Processing team to quickly and accurately identify loaner instruments for reassembly? No need to c…

What if we told your hospital CEO they could save tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars by INVESTING more resources into your Ste…

How is the power of podcasting and social media impacting the next generation of surgeons? What impact do non-functional surgical instruments have on …

Is chemical exposure hurting your Sterile Processing team? How would you know and what could you be doing to guard against it? For this episode of Bey…

Do your flexible scope leak tests "make the grade" or are they failing in more ways than one? Back in Season 1 of the Beyond Clean podcast, we invited…