Hank BalchAug 27, 20224 minSPD’s and Busy Bees: Measuring Productivity in Sterile ProcessingThis is a mentality shift for leadership in sterile processing. Fighting microscopic organisms day in and day out can cause our focus to...
Hank BalchFeb 4, 20223 minFighting the War: Relationship Battles Between OR and SPD[Our Sterile Processing teams #FightDirty every day. But what happens when we lose focus and begin fighting each other instead? And how...
Hank BalchDec 1, 20214 minStronger Together: Why Your City/Region and State Needs a Sterile Processing Association(I dedicate this post to Vermont, Nebraska, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii, and every CS professional who...
Hank BalchNov 9, 20214 minProve it & Improve it: Building Sterile Processing Policies that Actually WorkWe assumed that by telling the team to add this practice to their routine that it would just happen. We learned a lot about clear...
Hank BalchJun 23, 20215 min"Cookies Are For Chumps": Getting Sterile Processing Recognition RightThere may be people on your team who haven't been recognized for doing something positive in years. We don't know what our technician's...
Hank BalchMay 5, 20215 minMaking & Taking the Initiative: How to Get the Most out of Your CS/SPD Process Improvement ProjectIf a tree falls in a forest, but there's no one around to hear it -- does it still make a sound? If a CS leader completes a process...