Below the Hospital
Below the Hospital
Podcast Description
Garland Grisby is a sterile processing professional with Kaiser Permanente and a longtime volunteer with the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). In Below the Hospital, Garland speaks to the sterile processing techs, standards developers, and clinical educators who make your work possible. Their goal? Make sure that you have the resources you need to do your job.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes like water quality in sterile processing departments, clinical education advancements, and the challenges of implementing manufacturer instructions for use. Episodes include discussions on ANSI/AAMI ST108 standards and techniques for improving clinical education strategies.
Garland Grisby is a sterile processing professional with Sutter Health and a longtime volunteer member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). In Below the Hospital, Garland speaks to the sterile processing techs, standards developers, and clinical educators who make your work possible. Their goal? Make sure that you have the resources you need to do your job.
Alpa Patel of Nelson Labs joins Below the Hospital host Garland-Rhea Grisby to discuss her study alongside colleague Daniel Olsen on the impact of end-of-life processing for reusable medical devices. Since sterile processing professionals lack guidance on what constitutes the end-of-life threshold, it is critical to understand which devices can withstand reprocessing and that end-of-life depends on how often a device is reprocessed.
Read the paper at BI&T: https://array.aami.org/doi/10.2345/0899-8205-59.1.128
Disclaimer
This podcast’s information is provided for general reference and was obtained from publicly accessible sources. The Podcast Collaborative neither produces nor verifies the content, accuracy, or suitability of this podcast. Views and opinions belong solely to the podcast creators and guests.
For a complete disclaimer, please see our Full Disclaimer on the archive page. The Podcast Collaborative bears no responsibility for the podcast’s themes, language, or overall content. Listener discretion is advised. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy for more details.