We’re halfway through the year #teamsono!!! Can you believe it?
Here are some of the best highlights and most important updates of 2023 tea in sonography in case you missed it =)
First and foremost, THE GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS IS OVER…AKA … THE RORO PANDEMIC NO LONGER RUNS OUR DAILY LIVES, YAYY!!!!! I don’t know about you, but we think that’s something to celebrate!!
Which means we updated our How to Perform Ultrasafe Ultrasounds Certification Program from HEPA Air Purifiers to Gel Maintenance. What does that mean? It means mandatory program recomms will no longer include air purifiers in each ultrasound room. Should you keep them? Yes, absolutely. There’s nothing wrong with keeping the air in your ultrasound room circulating and clean, and it should be encouraged, but is no longer mandated as part of our program. Making sure that your ultrasound gel maintenance is on point however, is part of the program and we cannot wait to see how this benefits patients, providers, and practices.
Wow! it’s been 3 years since #safetyinsonography started and guess what, through trails and triumphs, all in the name of #SAFETYINSONOGRAPHY, we are still here for #sonographers, their shoulders, their patients, and their love of #ultrasound. Sure we have rattled a couple of cages along the way, but that is what disruption is all about and how we affect the status quo to incite meaningful and long-term change when safety and lives are on the line.
Are you ready for some Freshly Spilt Tea in Sonography? There’s tea all over the floor with these two new episodes , and we know that everybody’s been waiting for the tea when it comes to why Joan Baker sued Joanna Hall and why Inteleos backed her in litigation suing Ultrasafe Ultrasounds, both losing in court making Ultrasafe Ultrasound Diagnostic Services, Joanna Hall, and sonographers around the world, the victors!!! ANOTHER WIN FOR #TEAMSONO!
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Ultrasound in Egypt
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“Joan Baker is a Bully”
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How’s that for a title?
As we celebrate 3 years of providing Ultrasafe Ultrasounds, we knew that the celebration had to include the hottest tea in sonography to date!! This includes letting y’all see what happens when Gaslighting and Litigation are where resources are being allocated from Inteleos and other giants in the Sonography Industry instead of prioritizing #injury Prevention & #infection Control. Want to read the transcripts for yourself? Email us at info@ultrasafeultrasounds.com
IMPORTANT SAFETY IN SONOGRAPHY UPDATE:
Federal Rulemaking: How to make REAL change in a industry battered by injury. Your chance to be heard by OSHA is on deck #teamsono.
(in our best Montell Jordan voice) This is how we do it…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for stakeholder input on their current use of leading indicators and their impact on managing their safety and health management systems.
THIS IS WHERE WE SHOW UP SONOGRAPHERS!
Leading indicators are proactive and preventive measures that can provide insight on the effectiveness of safety and health activities and reveal potential problems.
THIS IS WHERE WE SHOW UP SONOGRAPHERS!
They are vital in reducing worker fatalities, injuries, illnesses, and financial impacts. AGAIN…
THIS IS WHERE WE SHOW UP SONOGRAPHERS!
As OSHA considers developing a Leading Indicators Resource, the agency welcomes stakeholders to share their experience and expertise and provide detailed feedback on how/where they are used at their workplace.
Sonographers, send your responses to the following questions to USUS or directly to OSHA Stakeholder, Joanna Hall, so they can be heard on July 17th. We will be representing #Sonography, #Sonographers, and #SafetyinSonography for an #industry riddled in #injury.
QUESTIONS INCLUDE:
- What leading indicators are, or could be, commonly used in your industry?
- How do you determine the effectiveness of your leading indicators?
- How could employers be encouraged to use leading indicators in addition to lagging indicators to improve safety management systems?
- What barriers and challenges, if any, have you encountered to using leading indicators?
Send over your feedback to info@ultrasafeultrasounds.com by July 15th 2023
in time for our Stakeholder meeting with OSHA on July 17, 2023.
For more information, see the OSHA Trade Release
Also, be sure to SIGN THE #CAPTHECASELOAD Campaign petition and comment your story in sonography.
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Ready to train on injury prevention from scanning in diagnostic ultrasound?
We are starting up SUMMER hours, whoop whoop!
As we inch near the two-year anniversary of the very first certified course for injury prevention in diagnostic ultrasound, Ergonomics + Biomechanics = ErgoMechanics, were celebrating with new pricing and new giveaways on the learning platform. With so many new distributors and colleges joining #teamsono, our goal is to make it easier than ever, and of course just as fun, for you to learn the serious stuff about how to stay safe scanning in sonography.
Our Certified Course is now available on REDSHELF, VITAL SOURCE, FOLLOT, & more! Now organizations can get access to our comprehensive injury prevention courses outside of ultrasafe certification for their students and staff…YAY!!!! Now it’s easier than ever to live that #STR life.
ISBN# 9798986318615 // Ergonomics + Biomechanics = ErgoMechanics
ISBN# 9798986318622 // STRetching & STRengthening Videos
ISBN# 9798986318608 // The Sonographer Specific Work-Related Musculoskeletal Soft Tissue Recovery Offensive Playbook
You DO NOT have to get hurt in Ultrasound.
You DO NOT have to stay silent in pain.
You DO NOT have to wait for leadership to figure it out.
YOU CAN BE IN CONTROL | KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Join the #Teamsono Learning Platform TODAY
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Learn how to be pain free in sonography
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STAFFING SUPPORT?
Have an opening at your facility or looking for a job in sono?
There is SO much opportunity in diagnostic ultrasound and we want you to take advantage of it.
Organizations & Workforce members now have access to a quality support system with Ultrasafe Ultrasounds.
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Looking for support transitioning either into, through, or out of diagnostic ultrasound?
We got you covered there too
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SENDING CONGRATS TO OUR FOUNDER & HER LOVE
Scott & Joanna Hall are celebrating 10 years of love and traveling, which included heading to Egypt where of course, #ultrasound finds our founder.
Yup, you read that right lol.
Only Joanna would encounter Ultrasound in Cairo, WOW!
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“To uplift AN industry, we must create effective, positive, & productive change, AS an industry.”
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