Sep 27, 2022 | Author: Rebecca Kinney, Featured, Sterile Processing
Is your sterile processing (SP) department in need of a new ultrasonic washer-disinfector? Maybe you’ve been limping along your old dinosaur model for years, but the needs of your department and the surgery volumes have changed and it’s simply not cutting it anymore.... 
Sep 13, 2022 | Author: Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CSSNerd, Featured, Sterile Processing
Listen, we all know studying is important. We have the book and a study guide, and maybe we’ve even taken a practice quiz or two. We want to pass our certification exams. We know why it is important to us. Yet thinking about this makes the situation worse rather than... 
Aug 30, 2022 | Author: Mary Olivera, Featured, Sterile Processing
In the past few years, sterile processing (SP) has evolved into a department with the latest technology to help with laborious tasks, new certification requirements, and continuing education mandates. Those of us who have been in the sterile processing field for many... 
Aug 16, 2022 | Author: Hank Balch, Featured, Sterile Processing, The Front Line
Somewhere deep inside every sterile processing technician’s DNA is the hunger for recognition. From the very first day we step into the decontamination area and tour around through the operating room suites, the gravity and importance of our jobs smacks us right in... 
Aug 2, 2022 | Author: Jonathan Wilder, Featured, Sterile Processing
One of the things that I enjoy doing (although I don’t get paid for it, so what exactly is wrong with me?) is participate in the AAMI Standards Making Process. I have been, and continue to be, very involved in the development of the replacement for AAMI TIR34:2014... 
Jul 19, 2022 | Author: Rebecca Kinney, Featured, Sterile Processing
In the past year, so many sterile processing (SP) leaders have stepped out and up to express their voices. They’ve done this on social media, at conferences, and in publications just like this. It’s a beautiful thing to see the industry elevated to new heights. For...
