Nov 28, 2023 | Author: Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CSSNerd, Featured, Sterile Processing
It’s no secret that career growth in sterile processing (SP) takes dedication, commitment, and grit. We can have the clearest goals and grandest plans, but it won’t make the journey any less daunting. Sterile processing professionals are told by regulatory agencies... 
Nov 15, 2023 | Author: Garrett Hollembeak, Featured, Sterile Processing
How Psychological Phenomena Affect the SPD Sterile processing departments (SPDs) play a crucial role in healthcare facilities, ensuring that medical instruments and equipment are properly sterilized and safe for patient use. The effectiveness and efficiency of SPDs... 
Nov 1, 2023 | artificial intelligence, Author: Rebecca Kinney, Featured, Sterile Processing
Why AI Can’t Replace Sterile Processing and Operating Room Professionals Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming many facets of healthcare, improving patient outcomes, and enhancing the efficiency of medical procedures. However, many fear AI will replace... 
Oct 18, 2023 | Author: Jonathan Wilder, PhD, Featured, Infection Control, Sterile Processing
Do Your Cleaning Processes Have a Sweet Spot? Some of you have experienced my sterile processing department (SPD) song parodies at conferences. Here’s the latest, with homage and apologies to the late, great Sam Cooke: It was cold in the wash phase, The enzymes could... 
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... 
Sep 20, 2023 | Author: Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CSSNerd, Featured, Sterile Processing
Committing ourselves to sterile processing (SP) professional development will ultimately lead to a multitude of opportunities. Typically, we see that through personal growth we can find professional outlets that may better resonate with our visions of success. The...
