Ask the Educator Podcast
Medical device processing is critically important to the safety of patients everywhere. This podcast from Healthmark Industries is about answering questions and sharing knowledge related to sterile processing, endoscopy, infection prevention, biomedical engineering, leadership, and products. Have a question you would like answered on the show? Send it to our email address asktheeducator@hmark.com.
October
22nd
2020
27: Land of Lost Instrumentation: How to Handle the Mystery of Missing Instruments
Cheron Rojo and Kevin Anderson discuss ways to handle the common problem of missing instruments.
October
15th
2020
26: Key Points About Cleaning Verification
Ralph Basile and host Kevin Anderson discuss cleaning verification. When used correctly, cleaning verification products can be a great tool for auditing your cleaning process. However, it is important to understand the limitations of these important tools so that we don't misuse them.
October
8th
2020
25: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 10): Chemistries
Stephen Kovach and Kevin Anderson cover the last of the ten factors of cleaning and discuss the importance of cleaning chemistries.
October
1st
2020
24: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 9): Type of Soil
In this episode, Stephen Kovach explains how the type of soil you are trying to clean can impact the effectiveness of your cleaning process.
September
24th
2020
23: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 8): Mechanical
Stephen Kovach and Kevin Anderson continue their 10 factors of cleaning series. In this episode, they discuss the mechanical factor impacts the outcomes of the cleaning process.
September
17th
2020
22: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 7): Dilution/Concentration
In this edition of the Ten Factors of Cleaning series, Stephen Kovach explains how the dilution and concentration of detergents is one of the critical factors of cleaning reusable medical devices.
September
10th
2020
21: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 6): Water
Stephen Kovach speaks with host Kevin Anderson about how water is one of the 10 factors of cleaning and what we need to know about it.
September
3rd
2020
20: Finding a Safe and Effective Way to Process PPE
Dr. Kaye and Dr. Roberts, from University of Michigan Medicine, share their story of multidisciplinary collaboration that led to finding the safest and most effective way to process n95 masks.
August
27th
2020
19: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 5): Temperature
Stephen Kovach shares how temperature makes one of the ten critical factors of cleaning, and why you should be monitoring water temperature.
August
20th
2020
18: The Ten Factors of Cleaning Series (Part 4): Standards
Kevin Anderson and Stephen Kovach continue the 10 factors of cleaning series, and discuss how industry standards impact our cleaning processes.
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