Sara Vinson's Tips for Setting and Achieving Goals

Sara Vinson’s Tips for Setting *and* Achieving Goals

By Sara Vinson, MBA, CRCST Whether personal or professional, goal setting is a process most people follow without even knowing it. Take planning a vacation…

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Analytics: Data Storytelling

Analytics: Data Storytelling

With experience often comes a keen sense of intuition, a “gut feeling” that is all too familiar to SPD and OR leaders. There are certain…

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Analytics: Start the Shift

Analytics: Start the Shift

The reality is that digital data management and accessible information are part of a new frontier for the healthcare industry. Their value comes in the…

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Why Count Sheets Often Fail the Communication Test

Why Count Sheets Often Fail the Communication Test

BY JOAN M. SPEAR, MBA, RN, CNOR, CRCST, INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT A facility’s count sheets (also known as recipes or tray sheets) can provide an accurate…

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The Missing Piece: Software to Meet Your Needs

The Missing Piece: Software to Meet Your Needs

For our purposes today, we are going to push aside the “No Tracking vs Tracking” argument and confidently agree that tracking systems are a necessary…

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Official Press Release: Data-Driven Approach to Reducing Quality Events

Official Press Release: Data-Driven Approach to Reducing Quality Events

Ascendco + Prisma Health Collaborative Partnership The downstream effects of compromised packaging can hamper operational efficiencies in surgical services departments. They can cause delays or…

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New Year, New Department!

New Year, New Department!

Start fresh this year with clean count sheets! When we say clean we mean complete with accurate part number and supplier information, correct substitutions, high-quality…

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Maintenance Matters

Maintenance Matters

The main message from last month was: a well-structured software system is a must-have. But that is only part of the puzzle. You need to…

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Garbage In, Garbage Out

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Dirty data is a problem! Calling your data dirty is another way of saying it is incomplete, improperly structured, or otherwise flawed. If you are…

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Happy SPD Week: Expressing Gratitude

Happy SPD Week: Expressing Gratitude

Happy Sterile Processing Week! In preparation for this exciting week, we spoke with a variety of leaders in sterile processing departments across the country. We…

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Quiz: Industry Acronyms

Quiz: Industry Acronyms

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Staffing: Present Proof

Staffing: Present Proof

Most (if not all) SPDs have experienced the need for additional resources, but they’re not always prepared to justify that need to finance and leadership….

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