On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "The Role of Disinfectants for 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 #SterileProcessing expert who you'd love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current ...
Apr 09, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Vendor IFUs: Communication and Trust (But Verify)." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? ...
Apr 06, 2022•2 min
Everyone talks about going FROM manual tracking TO electronic tracking in Sterile Processing. But what if that were reversed. What if you had to go FROM scanning & tracking back TO the old days of writing & hunting for trays? What would you learn? What skills would you need to be successful? On our Season premiere of Season 16 "Yes, We Scan!", we sit down with Joseph Martin, Beyond Clean Advisory Group member and SPD Educator at UC Health to discuss his unique experience of managing an i...
Apr 03, 2022•34 min•Season 16Ep. 1
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Making Outside Information Your Mentor." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us ...
Apr 02, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Cost-Benefit Analysis: How Good Should My Water Be, Given That I Don't Have an Infinite Budget?" 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 our series? Or do you hav...
Mar 30, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Do You Know Your Chemical Sterilants?" 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at...
Mar 26, 2022•3 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Time and Chemicals for Sterile 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 love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact ...
Mar 23, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at a...
Mar 19, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Tracking Loaner Pickup: Is It Worth It?" 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us ...
Mar 16, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Protecting Patients and Expanding Product Details." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? ...
Mar 12, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "What Is the Right Way to Use the Different Water Qualities In Cleaning?" 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of ...
Mar 09, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Is Disinfection Good Enough?." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at any tim...
Mar 05, 2022•3 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Can My Detergent Kill Germs - Part 2." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at...
Mar 02, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "The Number of Tools You Need to Effectively Clean." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? ...
Feb 26, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Three Strategies to Improve Rep Collaboration." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Cont...
Feb 23, 2022•3 min
Take one step into a Sterile Processing department and you are immediately surrounded by chemicals. There are detergents, pretreatments, disinfectants, lubricants, descalers, fixatives, sterilants, and more. Some are flammable, others corrosive, and still others dangerous to our health. How do you even begin to educate your technicians on this wide range of chemical complexity? On our final episode of Season 15, we wrap up "The Chemical Epicenter" with Kenneth Batton, Beyond Clean Advisory Group...
Feb 21, 2022•40 min•Season 15Ep. 8
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Specific Products Are Your Ally." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at any ...
Feb 19, 2022•3 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "The Two Major Types of Water Used in Sterile 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 love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current exp...
Feb 16, 2022•2 min
What's the difference between cleaning verification and chemical efficacy testing? Or in other words, how do you know that your chemicals in Sterile Processing are actually doing what the bottle says they should be doing? On this episode 7 of Season 15, "The Chemical Epicenter," we sit down with Greg Sautter, Sales Manager at Serim Research Corporation to discuss industry standards and expectations when it comes to verifying our chemical-driven processes in Sterile Processing. Tune in for answer...
Feb 14, 2022•31 min•Season 15Ep. 6
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Hospital EO and The Automobile: The Race for Gas Efficiency." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current...
Feb 12, 2022•3 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Everyone Loves a Hot Bath: Temperature and Its Effect on Manual Cleaning". 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one o...
Feb 09, 2022•2 min
Every Sterile Processing department has responsibility for some type of endoscope reprocessing -- whether that is small diameter rigid scopes (such as arthroscopes) all the way up to complex, large diameter flexible scopes (such as duodenoscopes). At every stage of reprocessing, certain chemicals come into use to ensure these scopes are reprocessed safely & compliantly. On this episode 6 of Season 15, "The Chemical Epicenter," we bring back our #1 highest downloaded guest in the history of t...
Feb 07, 2022•44 min•Season 15Ep. 6
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Access and Organization: A Place for Everything, and Everything Has Its Place". 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 our series? Or do you have a question for ...
Feb 05, 2022•2 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Prediction: Loaners Get Later." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts? Contact us at any ti...
Feb 02, 2022•3 min
What goes into validating Sterile Processing chemicals prior to them making their way into our departments on the next semi-trailer backing up to the hospital dock? What must these chemicals be able to do before an independent laboratory validation scientist says they are good to go? On this episode 5 of Season 15, "The Chemical Epicenter," we talk to Alpa Patel, B.S., RM(NRCM) Principal Scientist at Nelson Laboratories, LLC to go behind the scenes in the life of a validation scientist, and ask ...
Jan 31, 2022•34 min•Season 15Ep. 5
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Zero to Hero: How to Move from a Manual to an Electronic Tracking System." 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one o...
Jan 29, 2022•3 min
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "Water Quality: What Is It, and How Does It Affect Life in Sterile 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 love to hear from on our series? Or do you have a question for o...
Jan 26, 2022•2 min
What's so difficult about developing chemicals specifically for endoscope reprocessing? How does time come into play in how these chemicals are designed, delivered, and behave during use? On this episode 4 of Season 15, "The Chemical Epicenter," we bring back one of our all time favs, Kristopher Murphy, PhD, and Directory of Chemistry at Cantel Medical (now a part of STERIS) to dive into the middle of the complex, time-sensitive challenge of bedside cleaning endoscopes. Tune in for a frank discu...
Jan 24, 2022•32 min•Season 15Ep. 4
On this week's edition of the Beyond Clean Expert Series On-The-Go, tune in for the conversation entitled, "If Water Boils at 212ºF, How Do We Get 270ºF Steam?" 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 our series? Or do you have a question for one of our current experts?...
Jan 22, 2022•2 min
Few chemicals in our industry are as polarizing and (perhaps) misunderstood as ethylene oxide gas (EtO / EO). Is it dangerous? Completely safe? Still in use? Going away? Or coming back for good reason? On this episode 3 of Season 15, "The Chemical Epicenter," we speak with Sean Weir, Sterile Processing Educator at UPMC and Beyond Clean Advisory Group member, about his first hand experiences with EO sterilant, equipment and workflow. We talk to Sean about how department leaders, educators, and te...
Jan 17, 2022•29 min•Season 15Ep. 3
