Running Out of Runway: Building a Case for a Paradigm Shift in Endoscope Reprocessing
What if the one thing standing between an endoscope and a safe outcome is the acknowledgement that antibiotics have been involved in one of the deadli…
Episode Parent: Beyond Clean
The Safe Surgery Initiative: Providing Safe Instruments for Life-Saving Surgeries Around the World- Keith Miles
On the coast of Africa, standing on the deck of a Mercy Ship hospital, one individual looked out on the horizon as thousands of people lined up to rec…
Coloring in the Lines: Reasons and Risks of Medical Device Colorants – Thor Rollins
In Sterile Processing departments surrounded on all sides by stainless steel, color tends to jump out at us. Whether it's a green handle on an inserti…
The Team that Data Built: Predictive Staffing in Sterile Processing – Brian Reed
With the medical device world around us changing on a daily basis, why shouldn't we expect our Sterile Processing staffing technologies to change with…
Real Talk: Working Together for Better Instrument Inspection
On this week's episode, Bob goes into more detail regarding the importance of collaboration with instrument manufacturers and repair specialists in de…
Fighting Dirty: Who is Thinking about your Trays? An Argument for Instrument Coordinators
How many of your departments have an Instrument Coordinator position? How many of you want one? And how many of you have no idea what we're talking ab…
Sterile Processing Consulting: Equiping Teams for Excellence – David Taylor
They show up at your department with clipboard in hand, taking notes as they walk through your processes, and ask a ton of questions. Who are they and…
Real Talk: Surgical Instrument Assembly – We Inspect so Surgeons Can Save
On this week's episode, Bob discusses the vital important of surgical instrument inspection during the assembly process in Sterile Processing and high…
Fighting Dirty: Testing the Sharpness of Your Scissors – Cut Out The Excuses
Here we go again, on another one of those "but there's no rule that says I have to!" On this episode of Fighting Dirty, Hank talks about the common se…
Surgical Instrument Cleaning Brushes: Lindsay Brown
If there were one tool that defined the role of a decontamination technician it would most likely be the surgical instrument cleaning brush. These una…