Oct 4, 2023 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Infection Control, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
CREDIT: Thomas Chintala, Jr. A Call to Action around Loaner Quality A recent photograph of surgical instruments haphazardly stacked on a trash can outside a hospital took our corner of the internet by storm and provided a sobering snapshot of a much larger issue... 
Jul 12, 2023 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
Where Do Awesome Sterile Processing Techs Come From? If you’ve ever watched the epic Star Wars films, you may be familiar with the journey of Luke Skywalker. Luke, born with strong “Force” sensitivity, displays natural skills and abilities beyond the ordinary.... 
Apr 18, 2023 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
Without sterile, functional, and available surgical instrumentation, every operating room (OR) in the country would grind to a screeching halt. Most clinicians involved in the delivery of surgical services intuitively know this. However, the specific ways that sterile... 
Jan 24, 2023 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
How to support, encourage, and cultivate your highest sterile processing performers Is it Samantha? Juanita? Carl or Nadyia? Who is that one person on the team who is the undeniable captain of productivity? Which technician carries the rest of the department on their... 
Dec 6, 2022 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
Everyone loves being recognized for achievement and success. There is something deep down inside each of us that begins to glow a little when someone gives us a compliment or we win some kind of big award. In the world of sterile processing, nothing brings this... 
Oct 4, 2022 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
Across all of your department’s surgical customers—the operating room nurse, the surgical technologist, the nurse manager, clinic leaders—who is most often at the head of the line on their way down to sterile processing when things miss the mark in terms of quality?...
