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Brad Lindeanmyer: Oct 23, 2026, 11:25:03 PM
A compliance exception is recorded in SPD. A surgical event is documented elsewhere. If those records never meet, your hospital may miss a pattern worth investigating. The operational history exists, but the people preparing the next case may never...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Oct 20, 2026, 11:54:53 AM
When your surgical schedule expands but your SPD staffing budget does not, the additional work lands on the same technicians. More sets need...
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Instrument shortages and tight schedules can put SPD technicians under pressure to meet case demand without adequate processing time. Settrax...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Oct 13, 2026, 9:15:01 AM
Your OR is running 40 cases a week. Vendors are cycling in and out with loaner trays, consignment sets, and last-minute substitutions. Somewhere...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Oct 6, 2026, 10:02:33 AM
A vendor drops off six trays with no manifest, no IFUs, and a case start in 14 hours. Your lead tech has to decide whether to start processing blind...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Sep 29, 2026, 11:42:04 AM
It's 3 p.m. on a Thursday. A vendor rep rolls 30 trays into decontam for a total hip scheduled at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Twenty of them will never be...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Sep 24, 2026, 10:49:24 AM
Your team spends hours every week reconciling vendor bills that arrive late, incomplete, or flat-out wrong. Surgical implant billing in most...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Sep 24, 2026, 10:39:59 AM
AI is making its way into sterile processing. For SPD leaders and OR managers watching this closely, the conversation usually jumps straight to...
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Sep 23, 2026, 8:00:00 AM
If your ASC or small hospital still tracks surgical instruments on paper logs, whiteboards, or spreadsheets, the cost is hiding in plain sight....
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Brad Lindeanmyer: Sep 21, 2026, 10:11:42 PM
If you run materials management at a hospital or surgical center, you already know the process is broken. Instruments arrive without documentation....