HCD Headlines 3-10-2025
- Rachael
- Mar 10
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 18
Welcome to March at HCD! These headlines are a review of team meeting items and other concerns brought to our attention. Thank you for taking the time to read through each section! Remember to send your department members your favorite thing about spring through an emoji, gif or meme to show that you've read through them all!
Social Media Reels
We have our peeps from OrangeSlice coming tomorrow to make a new reel. They will come at least once a month to help create reels. We would love everyone's participation. Please be ready to be on camera or video. Our patients love to see all of your friendly faces! Thank you!
Scheduling Personal Appointments
Please remember to clock out when you sit in the chair for personal treatment. The only time you do not clock out is for training sessions where new team members are getting training on x-rays or whitening.
The best time for personal appointments would be on days that you're not scheduled to work. However, we understand things change and/or it can be hard to get in with your provider. Just make sure your immediate team members are aware of your appointments to avoid confusion or feelings of abandonment.
Health Insurance Open Enrollment
Our health insurance open enrollment is in April. Part of enrollment is to figure out how many people would like to participate. The more that participate, the lower the deductible. Please complete the survey below so I can gather that information quickly.
We will have Premera and Colonial Life visit with us the 1st team meeting of April. They will be able to answer more specific questions pertaining to your needs.
Schedule Updates
I have updated the schedule for March and April in QuickBooks Time. There are days when several of our assistants will be out. I have marked those days on the Appointment Book to help us be mindful of scheduling patients. There are only a few of them, but we can still keep it a smooth day for 3 assistants if we schedule mindfully. On those days, I will plan on being the extra/floating assistant as needed, too.
Radiation Update
Here are the photos we discussed at our last team meeting. Feel free to share these. I will have a copy of the Today's RDH chart for every operatory and at the front desk for quick reference.
These two pics are from the meeting we had with the Anchorage Radiation Therapy Center last year regarding radiation exposure.
These last 2 are ones I found from various sites.
3D Printer Care
From a previous team meeting, here is the information regarding care of the 3D Printer. Please sign off on the training form in the breakroom once you've watched the videos. This requirement is for doctors and assistants only. Others are welcome to watch, but not required.
From the company:
Setting up Your Form 4/B
Once your Form 4/B printer is unboxed and placed, let’s turn it on and get it ready to print! Check out our support article and the video below to learn how to turn the printer on and insert the resin tank, mixer, build platform, and resin cartridge.
Prepare Your Model for Printing
If you haven’t already, download PreForm, Formlabs' print preparation software, here. Check out our support article and the video below to learn the basics of how to orient and support your model and send your print job from PreForm to your printer.
If you want to take the pressure off your first print, start with our provided part. We’ve tested this part to make sure it prints well, giving you a chance to familiarize yourself with how your printer works before jumping into more complex prints.
Start Your Print
Your print will start automatically if you have installed and confirmed all the consumables before uploading the print. See our support article for detailed instructions.
Post-Process Your Print
Once your print is complete, it needs to go through a few post-processing steps to look and perform its best. Check out our support article and the video below to learn how to remove parts from the printer, wash your parts, clean your build platform, remove supports, and cure your parts.
Tips and Tricks
Cleaning: If you’re not changing resins between prints, cleaning beneath the flexible print surface is not required. Ensuring there aren’t any hardened bits of resin left on the surface is all you need to do before starting your next print.
Part Removal: You do not have to use the Quick Release mechanism for all your prints. Feel free to use a tool for part removal if your application calls for it.
Fine Tuning: All Form 3 Series printers now have a Z-Axis Fine Tuning feature, which can help you fine-tune your settings to reduce issues like under-adherence or over-compression. Find it on your printer UI under Maintenance > Calibration > Fine Tune Z-Axis.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
Mt. Spurr Preparations
Have you prepared for the possible volcanic eruption? Thanks for Jillian for sending this along to help us make sure everything is ready! Full PDF is below. Here are the things we should have in our homes.
Maintain dust masks and eye protection for each member of your household.
Have spare filters for your vehicle(s) as the ash will inevitably clog them up and cause
your vehicle to stall.
Keep one (1) gallon of drinking water per/person-per/day on hand.
Stockpile enough non-perishable food to sustain all members and pets of your household for at least seven (7) days.
Maintain a quality first-aid kit and necessary medications (consider refilling prescriptions to avoid running out in the event of service interruptions).
Keep a small amount of cash on-hand to ensure you can participate in commerce with or without digital currency systems.
Prepare for the possibility to utility interruptions. This could impact electric, heating, water supplies and/or communications.
Close all doors and windows and take any other precautions to prevent ash from getting
into your home.
For the practice, we have most of these items on hand. Should the eruption happen, we will need to cover all IT and lab equipment with either the chair covers or patient blankets. We are also ordering more N95's.
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