05/06/2026
For 44 years, the gap between the OR and Sterile Processing was called everything except what it actually is.
A staffing issue.
A throughput issue.
A culture issue.
A training issue.
Today, that changed.
On May 4, 2026, Periop Leader Network (formerly OR Manager) published an article from Jake Tayler Jacobs naming the issue correctly:
This is a workforce development problem inside Sterile Processing — not just an SPD problem in isolation.
This is not a small placement.
Periop Leader Network has been the trusted editorial home for perioperative leadership since 1985, serving more than 100,000 perioperative professionals across hospitals, ASCs, procedural areas, PACU, and sterile processing.
The article states:
“That variability is not a scheduling problem or a staffing ratio problem. It is what a workforce looks like when no one ever built the system to develop it to a consistent standard.”
That is the 44-year gap.
What never got built was:
• A standardized ex*****on system
• A trainer development pipeline
• Structured competency verification at the point of ex*****on
The missing link between decontam at 2:14 a.m. and the OR at 7:30 a.m.
That is what The 44 Fellowship closes.
That is what Sterile By Design operationalizes.
That is what the SBD Ecosystem makes visible inside every facility that runs it.
If you lead perioperative services, this article is required reading.
If you have been waiting for the moment this conversation moved from the SPD breakroom into the boardroom…
That moment is today.
For 44 years, nobody built this for the profession.
We are.
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