What Edna Gilliam has said about Sterile processing
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 23, 2026
Edna Gilliam, Assistant vice president of perioperative services and sterile processing at a Delaware hospital system; OR nurse by background, has been quoted on Sterile processing 2 times in 1 episode of Bred To Lead, most recently on October 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gilliam says that when she first became a perioperative director she understood little about SPD beyond instrument cleaning.
“I would be very transparent to say that outside of understanding that that was a department that cleaned surgical instrumentation”
Bred To Lead: Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the OR (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 8:05
Gilliam says she is rebuilding her department because SPD is the least recognized department yet deserves recognition.
“they're the department that's least recognized but deserve all the recognition”
Bred To Lead: Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the OR (Oct 23, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:21
Episodes
Bonus: The Next Revolution in Surgery Is Happening Outside the ORBred To Lead · Oct 23, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
At a live conference session, Jake Tayler Jacobs and Edna Gilliam argue that sterile processing needs verified workforce development, not just certification or temporary staffing.
Others on Sterile processing
- Jake Tayler Jacobs · 1 quote
Edna Gilliam on other topics
- Perioperative nursing · 1 quote
- Professional certification versus competency verification · 1 quote
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote
- The Joint Commission · 1 quote