Infection Prevention and SPD: Q&A With IP Expert Garrett Hollembeak, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CIC
Two households, both alike in dignity–infection prevention and sterile processing–rely on one another to ensure patient safety. IP and SPD…
How One Day Changed Everything For Sterile Processing Leader Matthew Thell
St. Paul, Minnesota–Thirteen years ago, a young man named Matthew Thell stumbled by accident into a sterile processing department (SPD)…
HSPA President Arlene Bush on Service in SPD
Cape Coral, Florida – Some people just know how to be a leader. Arlene Bush, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL, SME,…
Time is Everything: Wisdom From Safe Surgery Advocate and Ocular Melanoma Survivor Lindsay Brown
Minneapolis, Minnesota – Safe surgery advocate Lindsay “Linds” Brown believes that time is everything. Rather, our approach to time is…
Challenging What SPD Can Become with Rebecca Lauber, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL, LSSGB, NREMT
Rebecca Lauber envisions a brighter future in which healthcare workers have all the tools they need to help patients receive…
HSPA Chapter Committee Vice Chair Sarah B. Cruz, AS, CSPDT, CRCST, CIS, CHL, on the Sterile Processing Renaissance
Sarah B. Cruz, AS, CSPDT, CRCST, CIS, CHL, is implementing real programming that will increase the number of professionals who…
The Real-Time Effects of a Punctured Sterile Pouch with Elias Cantu
To be at their best, SPDs and ORs must communicate. Sterile Technician Elias Cantu takes us through what happens when…
SPD Manager M. Angie Holland Wants You to “Say it Loud!”
When it comes to the best ways to improve sterile processing, there’s no one who knows better than technicians. That’s…
How Great Educators Strengthen SPDs with Professor and Director Andrea Barnett
Professor and Director Andrea Barnett, AAS, CRCST, CIS, CER, CHL, AGTS, is teaching the next generation of sterile processing technicians….
SPD Pain Points You’ll Find Across the U.S. and How to Cure Them with Nicole Walley
Sterile Processing Manager Nicole Walley spent the first several years of her sterile processing career as a traveling sterile technician….