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Medical device processing is critically important to the safety of patients everywhere. This podcast from Healthmark Industries is about answering questions and sharing knowledge related to sterile processing, endoscopy, infection prevention, biomedical engineering, leadership, and products. Have a question you would like answered on the show? Send it to our email address asktheeducator@hmark.com.

Episodes

27. Land of Lost Instrumentation: How to Handle the Mystery of Missing Instruments

October 22, 2020

Cheron Rojo and Kevin Anderson discuss ways to handle the common problem of missing instruments.

26. Key Points About Cleaning Verification

October 15, 2020

Ralph Basile and host Kevin Anderson discuss cleaning verification. When used correctly, cleaning verification products can be a great tool for auditing your cleaning process. However, it is important to understand the limitations of these important tools so that we don’t misuse them.

25. The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 10): Chemistries

October 8, 2020

Stephen Kovach and Kevin Anderson cover the last of the ten factors of cleaning and discuss the importance of cleaning chemistries.

24. The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 9): Type of Soil

October 1, 2020

In this episode, Stephen Kovach explains how the type of soil you are trying to clean can impact the effectiveness of your cleaning process.

23. The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 8): Mechanical

September 24, 2020

Stephen Kovach and Kevin Anderson continue their 10 factors of cleaning series. In this episode, they discuss the mechanical factor impacts the outcomes of the cleaning process.

22. The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 7): Dilution/Concentration

September 17, 2020

In this edition of the Ten Factors of Cleaning series, Stephen Kovach explains how the dilution and concentration of detergents is one of the critical factors of cleaning reusable medical devices.

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About Instructor

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson is a Clinical Education Coordinator for Healthmark Industries. He is a registered nurse (BSN) with multiple certifications including CNOR, CRCST, CHL, CIS and CER. Before joining Healthmark Industries, Kevin worked for 18 years in the acute care setting serving in various clinical and leadership capacities including clinical coordinator of general surgery, operating room manager and manager of sterile processing and endoscopy services. His sterile processing team was recognized with IAHCSMM’s Confidence Builder Award for their outstanding quality improvement in 2018.

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