First Case

🎧Listen to this Season 10 throwback now! https://educate.beyondclean.net/4uo2UQn // What is advocacy? How can we change practices within our facility and within our state? Joining us today to talk about all things advocacy is Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, CMLSO, FAAN, adjunct nursing professor at Otterbein University. Kay is a passionate OR nurse and nursing advocate and shares her experience and insight with us to show us how we can advocate for change. Join us as we discover the importance of telling our stories, as we see the impact that our stories can have, and find out the do’s and don’ts of advocacy. Don’t miss this interview!

📆 Mark your calendars. Season 20 of First Case launches on July 6th!

Tune in to this Season 10 throwback episode here 🎧: https://educate.beyondclean.net/4wY0DOa // How do our training programs teach us to advocate for ourselves and for our patients? In this Season 10 episode, we sit down with Chris Blevins to learn how she uses her position as a Surgical Technology educator to teach her students how to find their voices, how to advocate for themselves, and how to advocate for their patients. Don’t miss it!

📆 Mark your calendars. Season 20 of First Case launches on July 6th!

🎧 https://educate.beyondclean.net/4d4FY35 🎧// How do you know the tray you just opened is truly ready for your patient?

In Episode 6 of Sterile Processing 101, we sit down with Adam Okada to take a closer look at the indicators, tape, filters, and packaging features that communicate critical sterility information before instruments ever reach the field. Join us as we discuss what these indicators do, what they don’t tell us, and why the OR team is the final line of defense before those instruments are used on a patient.