Episode 27 explores the benefits of comprehensive preventative maintenance and routine care programs for instrument sets. Our guests Kevin McLaughlin and Randy Stanton from Northfield Medical discuss why it’s essential to adopt a proactive rather than reactive approach to instrument maintenance, which helps support successful patient outcomes. Step by step, they explain how to start a proactive maintenance program, and they emphasize the benefits associated with keeping instruments in good working order, which prevents costlier repairs and premature device replacement.

This podcast’s "What's on My Mind" segment finds host Jon Wood emphasizing the importance of AAMI ST79 in the Sterile Processing department.

This podcast episode has reached its 2 year mark and no longer available to receive CE credit.