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... 
Jan 10, 2023 | Author: Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CSSNerd, Featured
There is something so powerful about seeing the year change. From the moment we hang the new calendar, our motivation, hope, and will to try again or keep on moving forward is strong. Many sterile processing (SP) professionals actually delay goal planning until this... 
Dec 20, 2022 | Author: Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CSSNerd, Featured, Sterile Processing
Orthopedic instruments, while unique and comprehensive in their design, are simply instruments. Are they simple instruments? Absolutely not. They often have a complex anatomy, come equipped with more elaborate IFUs, and there is never just one set used in a surgical... 
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... 
Nov 22, 2022 | Author: Leslie Kronstedt, Featured, Sterile Processing
Biofilms are all around us in the OR environment. It takes a team approach to combat biofilm formation. Stronger together? Microorganisms think so too. In a strategy to survive, microorganisms form a protective barrier linked together to make biofilm communities. Most...
