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Why did you launch the Beyond
Clean podcast?
There's a tremendous need for net-
working and continuing education
among sterile processing professionals
across the globe. Podcasting lets us
expand that reach by engaging listen-
ers during their morning commutes or
even while they're working. What bet-
ter way to improve how they care for
instruments than to have experts in
their ear telling them how to do it
well?
What types of topics do you dis-
cuss on the podcast?
We've talked about ways the sterile pro-
cessing department can collaborate
with infection preventionists to what
the future of instrument reprocessing
will look like. Augmented reality (AR),
for example, could have a big impact on
the daily workload of technicians. They
could wear AR glasses, which would
scan a QR code on an instrument and
display useful information in their field
et Reprocessing Right
With Every Tool, Every Time
G
Weston "Hank" Balch, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL
Instrument care expert and sterile processing podcaster
