Sterile Processing Education Collaboration

Sterile processing managers and educators are often buried under day-to-day department tasks and solving unexpected problems. How can leaders find time for education? Michael Matthews (Agiliti) joins us to discuss resources SPD leaders can access to help them fulfill educational responsibilities!

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AI and Automation Inspection for Sterile Processing & Endoscopy

How ready is your department for the revolutionary changes that are coming with Artificial Intelligence (AI)? In this podcast episode, we’ll talk with the father of the modern borescope, Jahan Azizi, about how automation and AI are going to change the way we do our inspection steps. Can it really be this easy? 

Learning to Lead SPD as an OR Nurse: Interview with Aimee Space

International guest, Aimee Space, joins Kevin Anderson on Healthmark’s Ask the Educator podcast to discuss her career path in OR & SPD. Listen in as Aimee shares advice for all SPD professionals looking to climb the leadership ladder!

Endoscope Reprocessing Training – an HSPA Sponsored Program

In endoscopy and sterile processing, we often run into the same issues. Training staff to do incredibly complex tasks, while they are under constant pressure to perform quickly. Stress often leads to mistakes, which then leads to hospital-acquired infections.

What if there was a better way to perform this training? In the podcast, we welcome guests, Damien Berg, Sarah B. Cruz and Sandra Hilliard to discuss an HSPA sponsored program focused on endoscope reprocessing training, and more importantly, retention. Learn about this unique and exciting program from actual participants.

Interested in participating in this program? Listen in to find out how!

95. SPD Stories from the Trenches

Each SPD has problem areas of their own, but have you ever wondered how facilities across the country might look or perform? Our Healthmark Education team has been all over the United States and has that insight into how we are doing as an industry…the results aren’t always pretty.

In this episode, Cheron, Malinda and Seth discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly and what we as an industry can learn from these findings. Don’t miss this chance to gain insight into what other facilities are doing well, and what mistakes you need to avoid!

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94. Implementing an Endoscope Surveillance System

Do you know what is inside your flexible scopes? Microbial surveillance can tell you exactly what is living inside your scopes, but how can we implement that kind of program? Dr. Mary Ann Drosnock joins the podcast to share how we can create these types of programs at our facilities and help further protect our patients!

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