The Front Line is a feature article section by Weston “Hank” Balch, BS, MDiv, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL published in NewSplash.
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Article 62 – June 8, 2021
Article 61 – May 11, 2021
Article 60 – April 13, 2021
Article 59 – March 9, 2021
Article 58 – February 9, 2021
Article 57 – January 12, 2021
Article 56 – December 1, 2020
Article 55 – November 2, 2020
Article 54 – October 5, 2020
Article 53 – September 1, 2020
Article 52 – August 11, 2020
Article 51 – July 10-2020
Article 50 – June 8, 2020
Feature 49 – May 8, 2020
Feature 48 – April 4, 2020
Feature 47 – March 24, 2020
Feature 46 – March 6, 2020
Feature 45 – February 10, 2020
Feature 44 – January 9, 2020
Feature 43 – December 10, 2019
Feature 42 – December 2, 2019
Feature 41 – November 15, 2019
Feature 40 – November 5, 2019
Feature 39 – October 15, 2019
Feature 38 – October 8, 2019
Feature 37 – September 23, 2019
Feature 36 – August 29, 2019
Feature 35 – August 20, 2019
Feature 34 – July 29, 2019
Feature 32 – June 27, 2019
Feature 31 – June 14, 2019
Feature 30 – June 3, 2019
Feature 29 – May 20, 2019
Feature 28 – May 6, 2019
Feature 27 – April 23, 2019
Feature 26 – April 1, 2019
Feature 25 – March 18, 2019
Feature 24 – March 5, 2019
Feature 23 – February 19, 2019
Feature 22 – January 22, 2019
Feature 21 – January 21, 2019
Feature 20 – January 7, 2019
Feature 19 – December 7, 2018
Feature 18 – November 26, 2018
Feature 17 – November 12, 2018
Feature 16 – October 30, 2018
Feature 15 – October 16, 2018
Feature 14 – October 2, 2018
Feature 13 – September 18, 2018
Feature 12 – September 4, 2018
Feature 11 – August 20, 2018
Feature 10 – August 6, 2018
Feature 9 – July 24, 2018
Feature 8 – July 9, 2018
Feature 7 – June 26, 2018
Feature 6 – June 8, 2018
Feature 5 – May 29, 2018
Feature 4 – May15, 2018
Feature 3 – May 1, 2018
Feature 2 – April 17, 2018
Feature 1 – April 3, 2018
Hank Balch is the cofounder and principal consultant of Beyond Clean. He began his career in instrument reprocessing as a technician and has served as an instrument database specialist, department manager, and system director for various SPDs across the country. Hank is an award-winning sterile processing leader, twice nominated for IAHCSMM president, founder of two state-wide IAHCSMM chapters, conference speaker, and well-known industry writer.
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