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Sterile Storage: An Overview (Sterile Storage Wars)
How would you describe Sterile Storage to someone fresh off the street? What are those core fundamentals that every Sterile Processing technician, vendor, and visitor needs to know (or remember) about this crucial stage of the device reprocessing workflow? On this episode 1 kickoff of Season 14 “Sterile Storage Wars,” we sit down with Randalyn Walters, Sterile Processing advocate and Corporate Educator with SpecialtyCare, to lay the groundwork for this season’s educational theme. Tune in to hear Randalyn’s insights as an experienced educator on one of the most important rooms in our Sterile Processing department. Grab your new technicians, favorite vendor reps, and old timers who need a refresher for this season premiere episode!
Season 14 episodes are individually approved for 1 CE, so once you finish this interview, you can download your CE certificate immediately by passing the short quiz linked below each week. For access to this CE quiz and over 230 other free CE credits, visit our CE Credit Hub: http://www.beyondclean.net/ce-credit-hub
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Millions Of Bubbles | Expert Series On-The-Go
On this week’s edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, “Millions Of Bubbles”. To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828
Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you’d love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at any time via email at: info@beyondclean.net
Until next time, keep fighting dirty!
#SterileProcessing #BeyondClean #ExpertSeries #Podcast
Stop, Lock, and Roll: The Upside to Locking Things Down in Your SPD
In this episode of Articles-On-The-Go, Hank Balch examines how better practices and safety can be achieved by a simple case cart lock–“The broad implications of an unassuming disposable case cart lock can have a dramatic impact on any number of sterile processing teams around the country. Locks can streamline your case picking and missing list identification. They can promote accountability and trust among OR and SPD teams. Ultimately, they can provide a greater measure of safety and integrity to the patient care process…”
#sterileprocessing #wefightdirty #casecartlocks #lockitdown
The Myths and Science of Detergent Performance | Expert Series On-The-Go
On this week’s edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, “The Myths and Science of Detergent Performance”. To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828
Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you’d love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at any time via email at: info@beyondclean.net
Until next time, keep fighting dirty!
#SterileProcessing #BeyondClean #ExpertSeries #Podcast
Thank You, Errors: Connecting the Dots on Surgical Instrument Reprocessing Challenges
In this episode of Beyond Clean Articles On-The-Go, Hank Balch talks about the lessons we can be learn from the mistakes we make, instead of trying to hide them from each other. — “We keep our error data to ourselves. We track different metrics, we use different targets, and for the love of all that is professional — we keep the quality challenges in-house.
What this means is that we have those damned silo walls so freaking high around our departments that only someone with a lot of nerve and a grappling hook could ever climb in and see what is actually going on in our facility. In the meantime, individual Sterile Processing departments across the country may be struggling with the exact same quality challenges (or completely different ones) and we would have no idea. There could be systemic “crashes” happening at 50 other facilities in the US due to insufficient inspection of aspirating needles, and our own department could be completely oblivious to it…”
#sterileprocessing #wefightdirty #errors #database
Is the Annual PM Performed by my Sterilizer Technician, the Same as a Validation? | Expert Series On-The-Go
On this week’s edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, “Is the Annual PM Performed by my Sterilizer Technician, the Same as a Validation?”. To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828
Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you’d love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at any time via email at: info@beyondclean.net
Until next time, keep fighting dirty!
#SterileProcessing #BeyondClean #ExpertSeries #Podcast
