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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former CMO Dies of CJD | 23 Mar 2021 | 00:06:57 | |
Classic CJD is a human prion disease, what is your policy in Sterile Processing? | |||
| Is there a bully policy at your facility? | 01 Mar 2021 | 00:08:15 | |
"Managers obstruct the adoption of anti-bullying policies, at least in part, due to their anxiety that such a policy would limit their actions"-Stern, 2021. | |||
| OSHA Fines, Post COVID Care Centers & TKA at Surgery Centers | 26 Feb 2021 | 00:08:07 | |
Nurses issued respirators without fit test, Post COVID Care Centers help people with lingering symptoms, FDA approves a robot for spine surgery and surgery centers are performing total knee surgeries. | |||
| Are you ignoring alarms in your department? | 25 Feb 2021 | 00:05:02 | |
SP is a noisy place, and over time we get use to the noise. Sometimes we ignore the noise. On this episode I talk about alarms that we ignore and devices that we may not have checked lately. #spdtalk #eyeonspd | |||
| Dr. Charged with Manslaughter, Urologist violates the law, COVID lung transplant | 22 Feb 2021 | 00:04:58 | |
A Dr. in New York allegedly prescribed a lethal mix of opioids and other controlled substances that resulted in the overdose death of a patient. A Urologists performed procedures to remove kidney stones when there were no kidney stones present in the patients. A patient received a COVID lung, dies. | |||
| OSHA Label Changes, Off-Site Sterilization, Infections Cut Medicare Payments | 20 Feb 2021 | 00:08:46 | |
We work with chemicals as a part of our daily task, it is important for us to be able to quickly identify hazards. Off-site sterilization will bring new opportunities to surgery centers. Infection rates effect Medicare payments. | |||
| SPD Talk (Trailer) | 19 Feb 2021 | 00:00:41 | |
| Texas: How is Sterile Processing? | 19 Feb 2021 | 00:06:43 | |
Closed hospitals, rolling blackouts and limited water supplies. How is our Sterile Processing community managing? | |||
| OSHA speaks & a Medtronic's Death | 18 Feb 2021 | 00:05:23 | |
| Doctor's Gone Wild | 17 Feb 2021 | 00:09:18 | |
From child pornography to pain killers. ***************************************************** ***************************************************** | |||