Hank BalchApr 1, 20232 minFor Immediate Release: NASA awards Training Contract to Beyond Clean for Sentinel-7 Surgical MissionFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PASADENA, California -- (BUSINESS WIRES) -- NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Beyond Clean...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20193 min"Extremely Dangerous, and Potentially Fatal Outcome for Patients": Another Anonymous Letter from SPDCountless times we have been ordered to disregard IFUs for the sake of a speedy turnover. Too many surgeries, not enough sets or staff...
Hank BalchDec 17, 20192 minA Call to Conscience: An Open Letter to the Sterile Processing IndustryI don't know what to do. I am new to sterile processing and am horrified by what I am seeing. My mother passed away from an infection...
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, 20194 minI Will Cut You: 4 Decontamination Safety Concerns Your OR/SPD Teams Can No Longer IgnoreThere are few more dangerous places to work in our nation's hospitals than the decontamination room of a Central Sterile department...
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...