My guest Jardin, will give you valuable tools that can help you move up from your position in Sterile Processing to your next accomplishment. Move up, Move on, Just keep Moving.

The music is from the old 70's show, The Jeffersons.

My department just lost two techs; they just quit.  Why is turnover so damn high? What can we do? I have a few tips.

https://www.facebook.com/eyeonspd.eyeonspd/

https://eyeonspd.com/

https://spdtravel.carrd.co/

https://padfieldpartnership.com/how-to-promote-the-work-of-your-department/

https://engagingpotential.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/promoting-your-team-to-internal-customers/

https://www.nelp.org/campaigns/

We have a demanding, stressful job.  The uncertainty of COVID 19 has added more stress to our job. Our co-workers are being bullied. 

CLIP ART: Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash

https://www.hpnonline.com/sterile-processing/article/13000165/workplace-bullying-what-it-is-how-to-stop-it

http://www.feedspot.com/?dadi=1#feed/fof_fo_r__f_4445239/article/6319010765?dd=4311523170316408

https://www.jointcommission.org/en/resources/news-and-multimedia/newsletters/newsletters/quick-safety/quick-safety-issue-24-bullying-has-no-place-in-health-care/bullying-has-no-place-in-health-care/

https://www.westsoundworkforce.com/how-to-stop-workplace-bullying/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/victims-downstairs-surgeon-bullies-untold-sterile-weston-hank-/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3zx8mAwGKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBiFUqc6_6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZnxDPkuDWM

If you sit in the parking lot before you go to work and pray you don't loose control at work, this job may not be for you. If you think about being somewhere else 90% of the time while you are at work, this job is not for you. We have skills that are ignored. It is time for us to capitalize on our skills, and make moves that satisfy our personal development as Sterile Processing Technicians.

SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS MARKET PROJECTION

https://www.medgadget.com/2019/10/surgical-instrument-tracking-systems-market-2019-share-trends-segmentation-and-forecast-to-2025-cagr-of-19-28.html#:~:text=Some%20major%20key%20players%20for,Xerafy%2C%20STANLEY%20Healthcare%2C%20B.

LIST OF PERSONALITY/ SKILLS TEST

https://openpsychometrics.org/

ONE STOP EXPLORE CAREERS

https://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/Target.aspx

ONES TOP SKILLS ASSESSMENTS, VALUE ASSESSMENT AND MORE

https://www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/explore-careers.aspx

ASSIGN THE RIGHT JOB FOR THE RIGHT SKILLS

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/244880

Sterile Processing Techs are under paid but that does not mean we can't get the most out of the benefits our facility offers.

Us vs. them mentality, is a great way to divide people. We have more in common than we realize. Unhealthy agreements are dangerous because people do not stand up for what is right. Many times they are afraid of being labeled the bad guy/girl.

UNHEALTHY AGREEMENTS:  https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/team-building-proven/9780787988937/ch08.html

PROJECT IMPLICIT: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

PERSONALITY TEST: https://www.16personalities.com/

STRUCTURAL RACISM AFFECTS HEALTHCARE:  https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/kevinmd/84362

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/racial-disparities-continue-for-black-women-seeking-heart-health-care

Did you know the Sims retractor was created from Dr. Sims experimenting on slaves? Did you know more women of color have C-Sections? If we are all in this together, why do tech do things that are counterproductive to our department?

We take risk every time we put on our scrubs and get to work in Sterile Processing. We take risk when we leave the house. SPT are taking risk when they reprocess N95 mask. I want to talk about risk at work and risk at home and a few tools to use to help techs make better decision. Also check out our website https://spdcovid19.carrd.co/ for resources.

RELATED FIELDS: https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/31-9093.00

INSTRUMENT 510 (K) CLEARANCE: https://www.beckersspine.com/orthopedic-a-spine-device-a-implant-news/item/48848-19-spine-devices-receive-fda-510-k-clearance-in-march.html?oly_enc_id=1027H0636890A6F

ELECTIVE SURGERIES AT SURGERY CENTERS OPENING: https://www.beckersspine.com/spine/item/48852-elective-outpatient-surgery-begin-to-return-insights-for-spine-surgeons.html?oly_enc_id=1027H0636890A6F

HOSPITALS HIT THE HARDEST: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/65-hospital-leaders-in-10-states-hit-hardest-by-covid-19-offer-advice-to-colleagues-if-you-do-nothing-else-at-least-do-this.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&oly_enc_id=1027H0636890A6F

STATE FEDERAL AID FOR COVID19 CASES: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/state-by-state-breakdown-of-federal-aid-per-covid-19-case.html?origin=BHRE&utm_source=BHRE&utm_medium=email&oly_enc_id=1027H0636890A6F

CMS AND ELECTIVE SURGERIES: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/cms-calls-for-gradual-return-to-elective-procedures-6-national-covid-19-updates.html?oly_enc_id=1027H0636890A6F