Calling all Surgical Technologists!

I need your feedback! Next week I have the privilege to interview Ron Kruzel, Executive Director – ARC/STSA and Grant Wilson, educator and former President – NBSTSA. We will be discussing the proposed changes to our standards and guidelines, currently in public comment. I would love to hear from you as to questions, concerns, and/or comments you all may have. Let me know! thescrublifepodcast@outlook.com. thescrublifepodcast.wordpress.com, Facebook – The Scrub Life Podcast.

Link to Standards and Guidelines for Revision/Public Comment

https://arcstsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ARCSTSA_ST_Proposed_Standards_Rev_Public_Comment.pdf

COVID Vaccines and Masks in Laymen’s Terms

Season 5: Episode 1 for The Scrub Life – a Surgical Technology Podcast

TO LISTEN TO SEASON 5: EPISODE 1 – https://anchor.fm/thescrublife/episodes/COVID—Vaccines-and-Masks-in-Laymen-Terms-e161imt

References

Chris Blevins Speech at Tarrant County College – Connections Week – Fall 2020 https://prezi.com/view/nbLhNCJyXjro50Xo5f07/

“COVID-19 Vaccines for Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People” – https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html

“Delta Variant: What We Know About the Science” –

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/delta-variant.html

As of 6/15/2021 – UCSF Immunology https://uctv.tv/shows/search-details.aspx?showID=37141

National Center for Biotechnology Information “Introduction to T and B lymphocytes” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459471/

Journal of American Medicine “Asymptomatic and Symptomatic COVID-19 Infections Among Health Care Personnel Before and After Vaccination” https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2781727

The New England Journal of Medicine “Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19 — Final Report” https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa2007764

Center for Disease Control “Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)” https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-guidance-management-patients.html

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) “Fatality Facts 2019” https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state-by-state