Beyond Clean Podcast

Are you lost when it comes to tackling loaner and consignment trays in your department? Do you experience frustration when holding your reps accountable or when trying to influence surgeons to give you support for vendor management policies and processes? Don't miss this exclusive podcast-version of the 2022 Expert Series Conference, where our Vendor Management Expert™, Jeff Wertz, Chief Commercia...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Loaner Tray Taxes". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love to hear from on ou...

On this CE approved release of Articles On-The-Go, tune in for insights on how to safely increase the speed of your Sterile Processing team: "If you are able to connect pictures with individual instruments in your tracking system, this can be a huge boost to speedy identification of items during the assembly stage. In addition to pictures, make sure you list the specific instrument manufacturer an...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Making the Most of Your Sidekick". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love to...

If there were one area of your department where it constantly looked like a bomb went off, where would it be? Chances are good your backup inventory storage area might top that list. In addition to being a major source of headache and frustration for your team, poorly managed backup inventory data can dramatically reduce assembly times and completion rates for your surgical trays. On this final ep...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Aggressiveness: When Water Attacks". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love t...

On this CE approved release of Articles On-The-Go, tune in for creative encouragement to read your copy of AAMI ST79: "You've heard it said that it takes a village to raise a child. I would argue that it takes a village to read the standards. Not only was ST79 crafted by a diverse group of Sterile Processing and healthcare leaders across the country, but that's also the best way to read it! Why no...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Did Superbugs Disappear?". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love to hear fro...

If you want to elicit groans and frustrated head shaking from a crowd of Sterile Processing professionals, mention the word: Clinics. With healthcare and procedure-based services increasingly growing outside of the OR environment, reprocessing support of clinics has become a major source of challenge among departments across the US. On this episode 7 of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "3 Critical Elements for Reducing Dry Soils in Endoscopes". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing e...

On this CE approved release of Articles On-The-Go, tune in for insight into preparing your department's Sterile Processing technicians for growth opportunities right where they are: "As you interview for entry level SPD tech positions, always be thinking about what inherent qualities this person has for future leadership opportunities -- and, if you can, try to hire folks who are smarter than you....

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "4 Reasons to Let Vendors Prepare Trays for Decontamination in the OR". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #Sterile...

You and your department work hard every day to correctly and compliantly reprocess surgical instruments. But, how do you PROVE IT when the accreditation surveyors from The Joint Commission, DNV, and others show up with their clipboards and checklists? On this episode 6 of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with Sara Vinson, Director of Sterile Processing at UF Health and Beyond Clean Advisory...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Zero to Hero: Double Agents in Your Product Catalog." To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Hardness: How Does It Affect Processing?". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd...

What role, if any, should your individual tracking system metrics play in your annual review process? Are you the most productive technician on your team in decontamination? Should that impact your annual raise or promotion opportunities? On this episode 5 of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with Cody Troutt, MBA, CRCST, CHL, CIS Beyond Clean Advisory Group member and Central Sterile Directo...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "First Duodenoscopes, Then Urological Endoscopes... Now Bronchoscopes?". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #Steril...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Why Are Surveyors Focusing on Point-of-Use Instrument Care?". To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessin...

"Which doctor are these loaners for?" "How many trays are needed for this case?" "Where did the loaners go for the first case tomorrow morning?" On this Episode 4 of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with Jill Sweeney, CRCST Clinical Educator with Censis Technologies, Inc. to discuss the complex and often confusing workflows of loaner instrument in Sterile Processing. Tune in for Jill's insig...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Are We In a Loaner Bubble?." To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love to hear f...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Dirty Data Strike Countsheets: This Time Its Personal." To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expe...

With each new generation of Sterile Processing technician, the workforce gets more and more comfortable with technology, mobile applications, and software. But there's still a large percentage of our industry who remember the days before departments were so computerized, wired, and required. On this Episode 3 of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with Angus Bruce, Beyond Clean Advisory Group m...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "pH: How Does It Affect My Instruments?" To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd lov...

On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "When To Use a PCD (or Test Pack)." To hear more from this expert, follow us on Facebook and Linkedin, or subscribe to the Beyond Clean mailing list by visiting: https://educate.beyondclean.net/cleanfreaks or text BEYONDCLEAN to 22828 Do you know a #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love to...

The decontamination area of Sterile Processing has a lot of nicknames: "Big D", "Decon", "The Wall", "The Hole," "The Dirty Side." Whatever your team calls it, one common theme seems to come up again and again -- this area is often filled with systemic scanning challenges. On this Episode 2 of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with Michelle Sirex, Beyond Clean Advisory Group member and Educat...