2012 3M™ Sterile U Webinars Learning Objectives
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Date | Title | Speaker | Learning Objectives |
January 19 | Something Borrowed?
Monitoring of Loaner Trays | Marc Duro | - Describe the impact that loaner instruments have on CSSD.
- Discuss the complexity of some Loaner devices and how short notice and flawed policies can have adverse affects in the OR.
- Identify basic needs important to each step of loaner instrument acquisition.
- Describe how to use the IAHCSMM Loaner Policy Template.
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February 16 | You Can’t See Clean:
Clean Monitoring in the CSSD | David Jagrosse and Grace Thornhill | - Explain how monitoring the efficacy of your manual cleaning protocols can drive improvements in reprocessing surgical instruments and flexible endoscopes.
- Compare the current available technologies and methods for monitoring the efficacy of cleaning steps in reprocessing surgical instruments and flexible endoscopes.
- Describe how monitoring can be incorporated into a manual cleaning and washer verification program.
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March 22 | Think Sterile Processing Organizationally, Act Sterile Processing Organizationally | Mike Festa | - Learn about how reusable medical device cleaning, high-level disinfection and sterilization was standardized and successfully implemented organizationally at the HealthEast Care System
- Learn about the financial and nonfinancial benefits realized to the HealthEast Care System
- Discuss the accreditation, regulatory and professional best practice reasons for an institutional program
- Learn how to implement an institutional program throughout an organization or a stand-alone facility.
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April 19 | Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization (IUSS): An Update | Rose Seavey | - Discuss the multi-society position statement on IUSS.
- Review current AORN and AAMI recommended practices relating to IUSS in all settings.
- Discuss critical issues associated with IUSS.
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May 17 | Biofilms: The Hidden Menace | Grace Thornhill | List the various types of biofilms and describe how they are formed. Discuss how biofilm formation increases the risk of disease transmission. Identify those instruments and devices that are most prone to biofilm formation. Explain why biofilm is so difficult to remove from surfaces. Compare the different methods for the control and removal of biofilm formation on surgical instruments and medical devices.
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June 21 | Educational Excellence – Highlights from the 2012 IAHCSMM Annual Meeting | Sandra Velte
and guests | - Discuss highlights and hot topics in the field of sterilization assurance presented at the International Association of Healthcare Center Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) annual conference in Albuquerque, NM.
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