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Keith Koby: Probing Questions - Disinfection Answers for Ultrasound Probes Nov 19, 2018

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This week on Beyond Clean we speak with Keith Koby, Senior Vice President - North America at Nanosonics. Keith Koby joined Nanosonics in April 2012 bringing with him more than 25 years of sales experience and healthcare insight. Mr. Koby started his career as an engineer with GE Healthcare. After 16 years, Mr. Koby went on to the infection prevention world and joined Medivators to develop their direct sales strategies and lead high performance sales teams for infection prevention technologies in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Koby holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from DeVry University, and a Masters degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations from Keller Graduate School of Management. He was also a Captain in the U.S. Army where he served 13 years in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. Mr. Koby has been a member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology since 2006.

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Since this is the final episode of Season 2, mark your calendars for the start of Season 3 on January 7th, 2019! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for other big announcements regarding videos, websites, and exciting growth for the Beyond Clean team. #beyondclean

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Brandon VanHee: Biofilm - Behind the Scenes and Under the Surface Nov 12, 2018

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This week on beyond clean we speak with Brandon VanHee, Clinical Education Manager at Key Surgical. Brandon has over 10 years of experience in leadership positions in the United States Marine Corps and the healthcare industry. This experience led him to work with various medical device companies in product management, new product development, clinical marketing and clinical training roles.

Currently, Brandon is the Clinical Education Manager for Key Surgical. He plays an active role in promoting infection prevention best practices in sterile processing and flexible endoscope reprocessing around the globe. Brandon is also currently working to identify and promote sterile processing best practices as a voting member on AAMI ST/WG 84 Endoscope Reprocessing and AAMI ST/WG 93 Cleaning Reusable Medical Devices committees. Brandon volunteers 2 days a week at a local sterile processing department and is currently working towards CRCST, CER and CIS certifications through IAHCSMM.

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Join us next week when we will speak with Keith Koby, Senior Vice President - North America at Nanosonics about Disinfecting Ultrasound Probes. #beyondclean

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Steve Kubler: The Clock is Ticking - Biological Indicator Spotlight Nov 05, 2018

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This week on beyond clean we speak with Steve Kubler, Global Marketing Manager at 3M. Steve has worked in healthcare for over a decade, helping to bring advanced solutions to the sterile processing department. He started out as a sales rep for 3M working with hospitals and large surgery centers on the east coast which fueled his passion for the SPD and the teams that work within them. He later transitioned to a clinical expert role within 3M overseeing biomedical electrode and sterilization monitoring solutions.

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Join us next week when we will speak with Brandon VanHee, Clinical Education Manager at Key Surgical about Biofilm. #beyondclean

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Moses Chang: RFID - The Changing Landscape of Instrument Tracking Oct 29, 2018

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This week on beyond clean we speak with Moses Chang, Healthcare Sales Director at XERAFY. Moses is a career entrepreneur, having been involved in several startups before joining the founding team to launch Xerafy Healthcare. He has spent the last 12 years in the Auto ID industry and was instrumental in pivoting the company toward Healthcare IOT solutions. He is currently leading the company's global business development and sales efforts, to create an ecosystem of channel partners, medical device manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, to bring this solution to their hospital clients worldwide.

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Join us next week when we will speak with Steve Kubler, Global Marketing Manager at 3M about Biological Indicators. #beyondclean

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Jenni Gibbs: Sterile Scopes - The Final Frontier of Endoscope Reprocessing Oct 22, 2018

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This week on beyond clean we speak with Jenni Gibbs, Manager of Central Sterile Department at Altru Health System. She began her work in healthcare in 1989 doing inpatient nursing. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Dakota. Gibbs has a background in project management and Lean. As CS manager, Jenni developed a dedicated scope team and a career-growth track for her employees to include paid certification education and technician levels. In May 2017, Altru's Central Sterile department moved to centralized, organization-wide endoscope reprocessing program. Altru was the inaugural US facility in June 2018 to sterilize duodenoscopes using hydrogen peroxide and ozone technology.

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Join us next week when we will speak with Moses Chang, Healthcare Sales Director at XERAFY about RFID and the Changing Landscape of Instrument Tracking. #beyondclean

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Bert Dommerholt: The Battle for Quality Assurance of Rigid Scopes Oct 15, 2018

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This week on Beyond Clean we speak with Bert Dommerholt, CEO at DOVIDEQ Medical. Bert is an experienced entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry for over 25 years. He loves to connect with people and find new ways to support customer needs.

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Join us next week when we will speak with Jenni Gibbs, Manager of Central Sterile Department at Altru Health System about the sterilization of flexible endoscopes.

Happy CS Week To Everyone! #beyondclean

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Kathy Mazza: The Case for Single-Use Instruments Oct 08, 2018

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This week on beyond clean we speak with Kathy Mazza, Clinical Director of Sales at Sklar Instruments. Kathy has over 20 years' experience in healthcare both as a clinician and in a sales capacity. Her clinical experience includes roles as a Certified Surgical Technologist and Materials Manager. As a vendor in healthcare, her positions have always entailed working with surgical instruments and calling on Sterile Processing and the Operating Room. Over the years she has contributed to articles in Healthcare Purchasing News magazine and has spoken at various IAHCSMM educational conferences and guest lectured for CS certification programs.

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Join us next week when we speak with Bert Dommerholt, CEO at DOVIDEQ Medical about Quality Assurance of Rigid Scopes. #beyondclean

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Don Tumminelli: The Unknown World of Medical Device Validation Oct 01, 2018

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This week on Beyond Clean we speak with Don Tumminelli who is the Senior Technical Manager of Client Services at Highpower Labs about the unknown world of medical device validation. Don has over 13 years of experience in the medical device industry and is an expert in sterilization, including both single use and reusable device validations.

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Season One Finale: A Year of Fighting Dirty Aug 27, 2018

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The Beyond Clean Team celebrates their first anniversary with their 52nd episode. This also serves as the season finale, as they make an important announcement regarding a format change for the upcoming year. Along with several important announcements the hosts reflect on the past year, share some statistics, and open an online swag store.

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Wava Truscott: Mighty Microbial Complications - Risks & Root Causes (Part 2) Aug 20, 2018

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This week on Beyond Clean we have Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Wava Truscott, President & Founder Truscott MedSci Associates, LLC. She has authored over 70 articles, co-authored the Microbiological section of the AAMI Sterilization Recommended Practices and was the U.S. delegate for ISO's Medical Device Biocompatibility on Systemic Toxicity Testing for the developing European Union. Areas of career emphasis have included the adverse consequences of particle contamination of the surgical wound, unplanned hypothermia during surgery and the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Wava has approached HAI reduction as an overall effort including Environmental Services, Sterile processing, Infection Prevention, Nursing staff, physicians, patients and visitors.

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Join us next week for Anniversary Show celebrating the first year of the show and our 52nd episode! #beyondclean

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