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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 05/21/2025 at 11:00 AM (EDT)
Live Webinar: May 21st, 2025 - 10:00-11:00(CST) Objectives: 1. Share best practices on workflow for robotic instruments to enhance efficiency and productivity 2. Discuss how to maximize your investment when encountering a broken instrument 3. Explain how to scale operations for new and incremental systems to support your hospital’s growth strategy Guest Speaker: Antonio Espinoza Manager, Sterile Processing HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge With Moderator: Natalie Lind
Live Webinar: May 21st, 2025 - 10:00-11:00(CST)
Objectives:
1. Share best practices on workflow for robotic instruments to enhance efficiency and productivity
2. Discuss how to maximize your investment when encountering a broken instrument
3. Explain how to scale operations for new and incremental systems to support your hospital’s growth strategyGuest Speaker:
Antonio Espinoza
Manager, Sterile Processing
HCA HealthONE Sky RidgeWith Moderator: Natalie Lind
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 05/20/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)
On Demand Webinar: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 Tune in monthly and join HSPA’s Certification Department to hear program updates, ask questions regarding your application requirements, and chat with department leadership. This month, we’ll explore the exam reports and show you how to unlock their insights. Learn strategies to connect your performance directly to the exam content outline, and pinpoint areas for focused study. Learning Objectives: 1. Interpret key components of the exam reports 2. Map your performance to the exam content outlines 3. Utilize the exam reports to create focused and efficient study plans
On Demand Webinar: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Tune in monthly and join HSPA’s Certification Department to hear program updates, ask questions regarding your application requirements, and chat with department leadership. This month, we’ll explore the exam reports and show you how to unlock their insights. Learn strategies to connect your performance directly to the exam content outline, and pinpoint areas for focused study.
Learning Objectives:
1. Interpret key components of the exam reports
2. Map your performance to the exam content outlines
3. Utilize the exam reports to create focused and efficient study plans
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Explore what the latest standards and guidelines state about basic versus enhanced visual inspection of flexible endoscopes 2. Learn how better understanding of an endoscope’s anatomy can lead to enhanced instructions for use comprehension and improved knowledge of which area of the device should be diligently inspected for damage and bioburden 3. Understand the importance of borescope inspection policies and technician training
Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) lessons provide members with ongoing education focusing on the maintenance and handling of endoscopes. These lessons are designed for CER recertification, but can be of value to any CRCST
This lesson is set to expire June 30th, 2029
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Review the importance of leak testing flexible endoscopes 2. Understand proper techniques for leak testing flexible endoscopes 3. Discuss quality assurance assessments for leak testers and the importance of data tracking
Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) lessons provide members with ongoing education focusing on the maintenance and handling of endoscopes. These lessons are designed for CER recertification, but can be of value to any CRCST
This lesson is set to expire April 30th, 2029
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Discuss cabinet options for endoscope storage 2. Understand ancillary processes around endoscope storage and transport 3. Discuss practices for storing endoscopes in cabinets
Certified Endoscope Reprocessor (CER) lessons provide members with ongoing education focusing on the maintenance and handling of endoscopes. These lessons are designed for CER recertification, but can be of value to any CRCST
This lesson is set to expirFebruary 28th, 2029
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Live Webinar: December 19, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST) Join Sue Klacik and Natalie Lind as they discuss the steps each department should take to help ensure their facility is up to date on standards that impact their work practices. This program explores how departments can determine which standards they need, keep abreast of changes and inform/train staff. Join us as we share some helpful tips for convincing the administration to support having current copies of documents available for every facility, ensuring that impacted departments are made aware of changes, relaying standards requirements and ensuring compliance .
Live Webinar: December 19, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST)
Join Sue Klacik and Natalie Lind as they discuss the steps each department should take to help ensure their facility is up to date on standards that impact their work practices.
This program explores how departments can determine which standards they need, keep abreast of changes and inform/train staff. Join us as we share some helpful tips for convincing the administration to support having current copies of documents available for every facility, ensuring that impacted departments are made aware of changes, relaying standards requirements and ensuring compliance .
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Live Webinar: August 22nd, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST) Have you ever considered pursuing HSPA Fellowship? Are you curious about the process—and the benefits? Are you wondering how to get started or concerned it will be too difficult to attain? Our panelists will answer these questions and provide valuable insights about the Fellowship process! Panelists: HSPA Fellows: Delores O’Connell and Tony Thurmond HSPA Fellowship Committee Liaison and Editor-in-Chief: Julie Williamson
Live Webinar: August 22nd, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST)
Have you ever considered pursuing HSPA Fellowship? Are you curious about the process—and the benefits? Are you wondering how to get started or concerned it will be too difficult to attain? Our panelists will answer these questions and provide valuable insights about the Fellowship process!
Panelists:
HSPA Fellows: Delores O’Connell and Tony Thurmond
HSPA Fellowship Committee Liaison and Editor-in-Chief: Julie Williamson
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Live Webinar: November 14, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST) In the quest for clinical excellence, the integrity and function of sterilization wrap is paramount to safeguarding patient health by ensuring the sterility of medical instruments. This webinar explores the pivotal role wrap plays in healthcare settings in reducing the risk of HAIs, a fundamental aspect in maintaining rigorous safety standards. Additionally, it addresses compliance with industry-specific standards and regulatory directives, reviewing the latest guidelines from authoritative bodies such as AAMI, AORN, CDC, ISO and the FDA. A focus is placed on achieving an optimal balance of wrap properties when selecting and using sterilization wrap. In conjunction, the assessment of total wrap cost and ongoing performance will be covered. By sharing best practices in sterilization wrap usage, this presentation aims to elevate the standards of clinical safety and efficiency. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Importance of Sterilization Wrap a. Explain the critical role sterilization wrap plays in maintaining the sterility of medical instruments and reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). 2. Compliance with Standards and Regulations a. Discuss adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements for sterilization wrap. b. Review the latest guidelines from recognized authorities such as AAMI, AORN, CDC, ISO and FDA. 3. Optimal Balance: Assessing Key Features of Sterilization Wrap a. Learn how to assess a wrap’s balance of properties and the total cost of use when evaluating purchasing options. b. Discuss key performance indicators for wrap (e.g., unexpected cost increases, reprocessing rates, OR delays, patient outcomes). Speaker: SADE BROWN, PHD, R&D ENGINEER, OWENS & MINOR
Live Webinar: November 14, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST)
In the quest for clinical excellence, the integrity and function of sterilization wrap is paramount to safeguarding patient health by ensuring the sterility of medical instruments. This webinar explores the pivotal role wrap plays in healthcare settings in reducing the risk of HAIs, a fundamental aspect in maintaining rigorous safety standards. Additionally, it addresses compliance with industry-specific standards and regulatory directives, reviewing the latest guidelines from authoritative bodies such as AAMI, AORN, CDC, ISO and the FDA. A focus is placed on achieving an optimal balance of wrap properties when selecting and using sterilization wrap. In conjunction, the assessment of total wrap cost and ongoing performance will be covered. By sharing best practices in sterilization wrap usage, this presentation aims to elevate the standards of clinical safety and efficiency.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Importance of Sterilization Wrapa. Explain the critical role sterilization wrap plays in maintaining the sterility of medical instruments and reducing the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
2. Compliance with Standards and Regulations
a. Discuss adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements for sterilization wrap.
b. Review the latest guidelines from recognized authorities such as AAMI, AORN, CDC, ISO and FDA.
3. Optimal Balance: Assessing Key Features of Sterilization Wrap
a. Learn how to assess a wrap’s balance of properties and the total cost of use when evaluating purchasing options.
b. Discuss key performance indicators for wrap (e.g., unexpected cost increases, reprocessing rates, OR delays, patient outcomes).
Speaker: SADE BROWN, PHD, R&D ENGINEER, OWENS & MINOR
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Contains 3 Component(s), Includes Credits
Live Webinar: October 17, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST) Infection prevention requires an interdisciplinary approach and understanding of how different disciplines contribute to quality outcomes and patient safety. Jill Holdsworth, CIC, FAPIC, NREMT, CRCST, CHL, and Natalie Lind, CRCST, CHL, FCS, offer valuable insights into the benefits of a symbiotic relationship between SP and Infection Prevention Panelists: Jill Holdsworth, Manager of Infection Prevention, Emory University Hospital Midtown, and Natalie Lind, HSPA Director of Education
Live Webinar: October 17, 2024- 10:00-11:00(CST)
Infection prevention requires an interdisciplinary approach and understanding of how different disciplines contribute to quality outcomes and patient safety. Jill Holdsworth, CIC, FAPIC, NREMT, CRCST, CHL, and Natalie Lind, CRCST, CHL, FCS, offer valuable insights into the benefits of a symbiotic relationship between SP and Infection Prevention
Panelists:
Jill Holdsworth, Manager of Infection Prevention, Emory University Hospital Midtown, and Natalie Lind, HSPA Director of Education-
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify different robotic surgical systems and the differences between traditional and robotic instruments that affect reprocessing 2. Identify the necessary steps to implement robotic-assisted surgery reprocessing 3. List critical training and competency requirements for Sterile Processing staff managing robotic instruments
The HSPA Central Service Leadership Manual defines training as “the process for developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for staff members to perform required job tasks.” Why the focus on orientation and training? To improve quality, increase customer satisfaction, and promote safety and quality patient care.
This lesson is set to expire June 30th, 2029
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