100 episodes
PROCESS THIS!, a Podcast by HSPA Healthcare Sterile Processing Association
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- Health & Fitness
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4.6 • 61 Ratings
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In this podcast, aimed at sterile processing professionals, host and clinical educator, Jon Wood will feature in-depth interviews with industry professionals and experts whose messages will focus on specific processes that move listeners in their departments and within the profession. We will give an in-depth look at the physical and mental processes that stand as the essential base. Processes that are orchestrated by dedicated professionals to keep everything in forward motion toward positive patient outcomes.
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Process This! Episode 108: Sterile Processing and Dental Instruments
In episode 108, host Jon Wood speaks with Julie Morrill and Karen Raposa, regional managers at HuFriedyGroup, aChicago-based dental supply and equipment company. Morrill and Raposa sink their teeth into infection prevention compliance associated with dental instruments. They also discuss common challenges when processing tiny, delicate dental instruments in the Sterile Processing area.
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Process This! Episode 107: The Ergonomic Benefits of Work-Area Layout in the SPD
In episode 107, host Jon Wood speaks with Hannah Schroeder, Clinical Education Specialist at Pure Processing. Schroeder provides her recommendations and rationalizations for record keeping, time stamping, organization, and foot-traffic flow to contribute to the success of the Sterile Processing department (SPD). Benefits of SPD ergonomic initiatives and efficient layout are also discussed.
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Process This! Episode 106: HSPA Foundation & Mercy Ships: A Shared Mission to Change Lives
In episode 106, host Jon Wood speaks with Kimberly Ames, the Global Programatic Lead Recruiter and U.S. Recruitment Manager at Mercy Ships, about the importance of the Mercy Ships mission, what it takes to volunteer, and the steps necessary to go from application to serving. Also featured on this podcast is Brenda Esparza, the HSPA Foundation’s first Mercy Ships scholarship recipient who served in Sierra Leone, Africa, last year. Esparza will share details about her experience serving as a Sterile Processing technician aboard a Mercy Ships vessel.
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Process This! Episode 105: Drying Medical Devices Before Sterilization: A Vital Step
In episode 105, host Jon Wood speaks with Ann Hewitt and Bob Straub from CENORIN about the critical importance of drying instruments prior to sterilization. More specifically, they discuss how moisture present on devices prior to undergoing steam sterilization or low-temperature sterilization can negatively affect the processes and potentially result in patient injury.
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Process This! Episode 104: AAMI Standard and TIR Updates for Sterile Processing
In episode 104, host Jon Wood speaks with HSPA Clinical Educator Sue Klacik about several key AAMI standards and technical information reports (TIRs) that affect Sterile Processing. Specifically, she provides updates about ANSI/AAMI ST108, Water for the processing of medical devices, AAMI TIR99 Dilator and ultrasound probes processing in health care facilities, and ANSI/AAMI ST113 Comprehensive guide for steam sterilization for dental facilities, which is being developed with the American Dental Association. She also discusses TIR109, External transport of medical devices processed by health care facilities.
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Process This! Episode 103: Laying the Foundation for a Successful Robotics Service Line
In episode 103, host Jon Wood speaks with Marcy Duffy, Intuitive's Genesis Reprocessing Product Manager, about robotics in reprocessing. She identifies critical factors to consider when planning a robotics service line, including workflow and layout, assessment of current equipment, understanding how a robotics program fits into current operations, and steps to ease the transition for Sterile Processing leaders and their teams.
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Customer Reviews
Great Pocast
This podcast is terrific for water consultants dealing with ST108 and needing to better understand the in’s and out’s of sterile processing.
SPD
Thank you so much for creating a podcast. This will really help all SPD tech to do better with their job to continue to do good practice. Thank you!
Can you please do a rotation of hosts?
Content is good.And signing up for free as an HSPA member is a bonus. But this guy’s voice just puts me to sleep😴