Research Basics for Sterile Processing Professionals

Abby Smart, MPH is a Clinical Research Associate at Healthmark. She has 7 years of experience designing and conducting real-world studies that evaluate medical device processing effectiveness and patient safety across a variety of clinical settings. Her work has focused on topics including endoscope processing, surgical instrument cleaning and inspection, and contamination risks within sterile processing environments and has been published in leading journals including the American Journal of Infection Control and Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology. Abby is passionate about translating complex data into meaningful insights to support evidence-based improvements in patient safety.