Most people have no idea what SPD is - its the sterile processing department. The place in the hospital that cleans all of the human body stuff off instruments so they are clean and sterile for your surgery. Support the show
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Most people have no idea what SPD is - its the sterile processing department. The place in the hospital that cleans all of the human body stuff off instruments so they are clean and sterile for your surgery. Support the show
When you have elective or scheduled surgery it is important to be as healthy as you can to reduce the chance of a complication. We call this process optimizing a patient for surgery. Here I will talk to you about what we look for and why it is important. There is a great risk tool you can use to look at your risk at the time of total joint replacement from the National Joint Registry in the UK: https://jointcalc.shef.ac.uk/ Support the show
Your Knee Your Health
Most people have no idea what SPD is - its the sterile processing department. The place in the hospital that cleans all of the human body stuff off instruments so they are clean and sterile for your surgery. Support the show
