Hank BalchJun 5, 20235 minUnlocking the Power of Data: Leveraging Data Analytics for Sterile Processing SuccessData analytics has the potential to revolutionize your sterile processing department by providing valuable insights into process...
Hank BalchMay 25, 20235 minTime Isn’t on Our Side: Making the Most of Our Sterile Processing Minutes“How many trays should a technician process in an eight-hour period?” Ever hear that question before? Sure you have. It’s one of the...
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 BalchApr 19, 20234 minAnd We Shall Call Them…What? The Great Disagreements About Names & Titles in our IndustryCentral sterile. Sterile processing. Sterile services. MDR. SPS. CSSD. The list of acronyms and descriptions of how we name ourselves...
Hank BalchApr 12, 20231 minNo Cookie Cutter Approach: Part 1One of the biggest, and largely unaddressed problems in the Sterile Processing Department is Supply Storage. Lack of space and...