Bridging the Aseptic Technique Gap in Healthcare Education and Practice
- Dr. Judy Staveley
- Sep 18
- 1 min read
Dr. Judy Staveley, Senior Science Consultant at STAVETECH Innovations, frequently observes the same challenge across healthcare and pharmaceutical manufacturing: gaps in aseptic technique that that put patient safety and product integrity at risk. These lapses can lead to life-threatening infections, costly product losses, and significant economic consequences.
These gaps typically fall into three major areas:
🔹 Human Factors: Incomplete understanding of aseptic procedures, poor adherence to protocols, and complacency (e.g., skipping hand hygiene, improper PPE use).
🔹 Resource Limitations: Overburdened teams, inadequate training infrastructure, and insufficient equipment.
🔹 Insufficient Protocols: Inconsistent terminology and a lack of standardized practices, leading to confusion between “clean” and truly “sterile” techniques.
Universities and colleges do an excellent job teaching biology fundamentals, however, many academic programs don’t prepare students for real-world bioprocessing | biotech environments where the stakes are higher. As COVID-19 showed us, millions of taxpayer dollars were lost due to contamination and inadequate training in diagnostics, biomanufacturing, and research labs.
At STAVETECH Innovations, we provide specialized consulting, workforce training, and remediation programs to close these gaps to protect patients, strengthening compliance, and supporting the biotech and healthcare workforce.
📌 Policy Matter: Clear standards and investment in workforce development are essential to building a safer, more resilient biomanufacturing pipeline.
Let’s build a culture of excellence! Because aseptic technique isn’t just a skill, it’s a responsibility.