In this podcast, aimed at sterile processing professionals, host and clinical educator, Jon Wood will feature in-depth interviews with industry professionals and experts whose messages will focus on specific processes that move listeners in their departments and within the profession. We will give an in-depth look at the physical and mental processes that stand as the essential base. Processes that are orchestrated by dedicated professionals to keep everything in forward motion toward positive patient outcomes.
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In this podcast, aimed at sterile processing professionals, host and clinical educator, Jon Wood will feature in-depth interviews with industry professionals and experts whose messages will focus on specific processes that move listeners in their departments and within the profession. We will give an in-depth look at the physical and mental processes that stand as the essential base. Processes that are orchestrated by dedicated professionals to keep everything in forward motion toward positive patient outcomes.
Process This! Episode 137: A Technician’s Experience on a Mercy Ships Mission
PROCESS THIS!, a Podcast by HSPA
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Process This! Episode 137: A Technician’s Experience on a Mercy Ships Mission
Since 1978, the Mercy Ships organization has served patients in parts of the world where medical resources are difficult to access. In that time, Mercy Ships doctors, nurses and technicians, all volunteers, have performed more than 100,000 surgeries with their fleet of state-of-the-art floating hospitals.
In this meaningful episode, host Jon Wood speaks with Katie Vaughn-Bates, Sterile Processing Educator at the University of Rochester and recipient of the HSPA Foundation’s Mercy Ships Scholarship. Vaughn-Bates shares her account of living and working as a mission volunteer. She provides insight into the application process and discusses the similarities and differences of sterile processing activities on a vessel. (Spoiler alert: The technical work is much the same; the interactions with surgeons and patients are not.) Listen to hear about life aboard the Africa Mercy and learn how you can help bring hope and healing to those in need.
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Katie Vaughn-Bates, Sterile Processing Educator, URMC Ortho Surgical Center
Katie Vaughn-Bates, CRCST, CHL, CIS, CER, has more than 12 years of experience in sterile processing and currently serves as the SP Educator at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Orthopaedic Surgery Center. She focuses on instrument care, reprocessing and compliance, helping to ensure best practices are followed to support patient safety and positive surgical outcomes.
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PROCESS THIS!, a Podcast by HSPA
In this podcast, aimed at sterile processing professionals, host and clinical educator, Jon Wood will feature in-depth interviews with industry professionals and experts whose messages will focus on specific processes that move listeners in their departments and within the profession. We will give an in-depth look at the physical and mental processes that stand as the essential base. Processes that are orchestrated by dedicated professionals to keep everything in forward motion toward positive patient outcomes.
