December 20, 2023
Meeting the SPD staffing challenge
• Failure to understand the complexity of the work performed in the sterile processing department (SPD) can lead to staff shortages, errors, and significant financial loss. • Strategies for addressing SPD staffing include effective orientation, certification, competency assessment, analyzing staffing needs, and leader visibility. • SPD schedules should reflect OR workflow patterns, rather than match OR shifts.
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- Save the date: OR Manager Conference celebrates leadership, innovation, community
- Closing keynote: The Trick to Making Difficult Behaviors Disappear
- Session: Creating transparent paths to career growth to retain staff and boost morale
- Session: Advocacy in action—Empowering your teams toward successful legislative integration, safety excellence
- Session: Helping leaders uphold accountability, cultivate a positive culture to boost nurse retention
- Afternoon keynote: Reclaiming Balance, Joy, and Purpose in Your Career
- Session: Keep calm and recover—Essential service recovery tools for new OR leaders
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