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 BalchJul 26, 20216 minAiring it all Out: The Door (Gasket) to Sterilization Nirvana & Autoclave PerformanceHowever, the most overlooked and undervalued component in any autoclave is the simple piece of rubber that helps achieve a proper door...
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 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...
Hank BalchDec 7, 20203 minThank You, Errors: Connecting the Dots on Surgical Instrument Reprocessing ChallengesWhat this means is that we have those damned silo walls so freaking high around our departments that only someone with a lot of nerve...