Hank BalchDec 17, 20193 minThe Case for "Product Advocacy" in the Sterile Processing Universe: Why We Need Each OtherIf your department has fallen in love with a lumen brush or rigid container system, share your story, tell your tale...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20195 minGetting Over Decontam Oversights: How to Help Your CS/SPD Team Never Miss a MicrobeOne unseen Fogarty insert that makes its way back to the OR can cost your facility upwards of $10K if it is discovered on the sterile...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20193 minThree Wonderful Ways Not to Waste Your Friday: A Sterile Processing Week'enders HandbookFew things stressed me out more as a new Sterile Processing leader than walking out of the department on a Friday evening. Unlike your...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20194 minHow to Make Headlines for Your SPD: Five Easy Ways for Your Team to Go "Viral"60 Minutes, NBC Nightly News, ABC Nightline or even the front page of your local newspaper -- I'm about to give you five easy ways to...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20193 minLooming Sterile Processing Staffing Crisis Requires Action Now(Guest post from Beyond Clean Speakers Bureau member James Carlock) The world of sterile processing is in a state of change right now...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20195 minWinning the OR Culture Wars: Sterile Processing & Surgeons . . . How You Can Spread the LoveOne bad apple can spoil the bunch. And one mad surgeon can, well, we all know what one mad surgeon can do . . . And there are few better...