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Feature 20 – Posted December 13, 2019
Operating Room Turnover Times: How the OR and SPD Can Help Bridge the Gap
Feature 19 – Posted November 22, 2019
Preventing Theft in Healthcare
Feature 18 – Posted October 22, 2019
How Nature Inspires Healthcare
Feature 17 – Posted July 9, 2019
Sterile Processing Technicians and the Art of Appreciation
Feature 16 – Posted May 10, 2019
Trust the Checklist
Feature 15 – Posted April 8, 2019
Making Staff In-Services Impactful
Feature 14 – Posted March 12, 2019
Those First Few Moments Are Critical
Feature 13 – Posted February 29, 2019
Heat, Fuel, and Oxidizer Triangle: A Recipe for Disaster
Feature 12 – Posted January 14, 2019
Do You Work with a Healthcare Traveler?
Feature 11 – Posted December 19, 2018
A Proactive Approach to Surgical Instrument Stains
Feature 10 – Posted November 28, 2018
We’ve Always Done It This Way
Feature 9 – Posted November 6, 2018
Manufacturer Instructions for Use: Can We All Do Better?
Feature 8 – Posted October 18, 2018
Precleaning Flexible Endoscopes: Time Is of the Essence
Feature 7 – Posted October 5, 2018
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome: Are We Ever out of the Woods? (part 3)
Feature 6 – Posted September 25, 2018
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome: Are We Ever out of the Woods? (part 2)
Feature 5 – Posted September 11, 2018
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome: Are We Ever out of the Woods? (part 1)
Feature 4 – Posted August 22, 2018
The Importance of Surgical Instrument Maintenance and Patient Safety, part 4
Feature 3 – Posted August 14, 2018
The Importance of Surgical Instrument Maintenance and Patient Safety, part 3
Feature 2 – Posted July 30, 2018
The Importance of Surgical Instrument Maintenance and Patient Safety, part 2
Feature 1 – Posted July 17, 2018
The Importance of Surgical Instrument Maintenance and Patient Safety, part 1
Sara Freiberg, CST, CBSPDT, CER, has more than 15 years’ experience working as a certified surgical technologist, with five of those years spent traveling to various operating rooms across the U.S. Sara has also worked as a surgical technology didactic and lab instructor at Rasmussen College. She has experience working on quality and regulatory teams, monitoring patient-adverse events, and postmarket surveillance activities.
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