Hank BalchAug 23, 20235 minReacting to Risks: How to Respond to Dangerous Practices in Your Sterile Processing DepartmentsNo one enjoys dealing with the kinds of difficult situations and conversations that this article addresses, but every sterile processing...
Hank BalchJun 8, 20233 minBob the (SPD) Builder: Offsite SPDs & Case Cart ManagementOffsite sterile processing centers aimed at supplementing or replacing hospital based sterile processing departments are on the rise...
Hank BalchMay 5, 20232 minBeyond Clean Taskforce Publishes Open Letter to CDC, Calls for Update to 2008 GuidelinesThis Beyond Clean CDC Taskforce has written an Open Letter to Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control...
Hank BalchApr 24, 20234 minDangerous Decontam: Is Your Department Design Hurting Your People?You don’t have to spend more than five minutes in a sterile processing decontamination area to realize it’s a dangerous space...
Hank BalchOct 28, 20224 minCompetency Saves Lives: Why the Hard Work of SPD Competency Paperwork Can’t be IgnoredWhen it comes to emergencies like this, we all instinctively know that someone who has been trained to handle the situation is the best...
Hank BalchDec 8, 20203 minAre Bigger Hospitals Safer? Not When it Comes to Surgical Instrument ReprocessingThe public would be astounded to know how many surgical instruments are used on them in major US hospitals every day with visible rust...