Learning Center

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify areas of concentration within the forthcoming TIR99 2. Highlight important practice considerations 3. Describe content for related quality assurance and policies/procedures to guide practice

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Understand the importance of protecting patients from infection by processing flexible endoscopes safely and effectively 2. Review the basic concepts of microbiology, including an overview of the types of microorganisms, biofilm development and causes of infection 3. Discuss how effective environmental cleaning and disinfection practices in endoscope processing areas help to maintain a safe healthcare environment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify issues associated with using poor-quality water in endoscope processing 2. Understand how ANSI/AAMI ST108: 2023 applies to endoscope processing 3. Review recommendations for water-testing methods, requirements and frequencies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify training and personal protective equipment recommendations for employees who process endoscopes 2. Learn the recommendations for the transport, testing, manual cleaning and inspection of soiled endoscopes 3. Understand recommendations for high-level disinfection (HLD), post-automated endoscope reprocessor drying, device handling and transport, post-HLD labeling and storage 4.Understand current recommendations for sterilization, microbial surveillance and quality management

Learning Objectives 1. Understand the purpose of ANSI/AAMI PB70:2022 and its role in manufacturer guidance and user safety 2. Review key sections of PB70:2022 3. Describe how PB70:2022 and certain sections of AAMI’s TIR11 apply to Sterile Processing professionals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Review common causes of internal damage and debris in flexible endoscopes and how it jeopardizes patient safety 2. Review what the most recent standards and guidelines say about using borescopes to inspect the internal channels of flexible endoscopes 3. Discuss ways to implement an effective and efficient borescope inspection step for your flexible endoscopes

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Outline the workflow for sterilization of flexible endoscopes 2. Review the processes and types of sterilization systems available for endoscopes and their general compatibility information 3. Address considerations and concerns when transitioning to sterilization for flexible endoscopes

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand the risks associated with certain types of endoscopes and inadequately processed endoscopes 2. Discuss recommendations in national standards and guidelines that relate to sterilization of endoscopes 3. Review strategies for prioritizing and managing the sterilization process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Understand the cleaning challenges for today’s more complex medical devices and the requirements for validating cleaning instructions in ANSI/AAMI ST98 2. Explore ANSI/AAMI ST98’s key recommendations 3. Identify medical device designs that present the greatest challenge to cleaning and highlight the expected improvements in cleaning and cleaning instructions as a result of adopting ANSI/AAMI ST98

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Review recommendations for visual inspection of flexible endoscopes using the unaided eye 2. Learn the importance of designing a space to comply with and execute visual inspection 3. Identify ways to implement more effective visual inspection within the flexible endoscope reprocessing workflow