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Water quality used in reprocessing can impact patient safety and create significant production losses in the medical device reprocessing area. This session will provide guidance on how to interpret AAMI TIR34 guidance and utilize data to ensure optimal performance of the medical device reprocessing area and provide defensibility of departmental operations.

This session includes a discussion of a study that shows the effects on tray temperature, humidity and moisture weights from outside temperature and humidity. Study findings of the impact roads/transportation have on trays and instruments are also discussed.

Work can provide a great deal of satisfaction. It can also be frustrating. Join our panel as we explore ways to enjoy the sunny side of work and strategies to make the best of the not-so-good things that are also a part of work. Guest Speakers: Anthony Bonden Deborah Bunn Monique Jelks

The success or failure of every SP department depends on the people that work within the department. This live program will focus on the importance of building a strong and winning team. The panel will discuss strategies to help develop new and existing employees into teams that work together for the patient, the facility, and their workgroup. Along with sharing their insights, the panel will address questions from participants. Guest Speakers: Cindy Turney Tami Heacock Tony Thurmond

This live program will focus on staff education and the impact it has on patient safety and the Sterile Processing department’s success. The panel will discuss strategies for delivering meaningful staff education. Along with sharing their insights, the panel will address questions from participants. Guest Speakers: Ann Kobayashi, Deborah Bunn, and Gwen Byrd,

Protect your robotics investment by applying best practices for instrument and endoscope reprocessing. In this course you will learn proper care and handling as well as discover the most common instrument and endoscope damages and their causes Learning Objectives Participants will learn: -The correct reprocessing steps for the instruments, accessories, and endoscopes -How to inspect for damages and potential causes for those damages -Proper care, handling, and best practices for reprocessing the instruments and endoscopes

With tight operating margins, leadership wants to know that the investments they make will be worthwhile before signing an agreement. For the sterile processing department, it can sometimes be challenging to convey the domino effect on the department and the impact that capital purchases have on the rest of the facility. One capital item in the SPD is sterile storage. In this session, we will look at areas for improvement when it comes to sterile storage, information needed to make a business case, champions for capital purchases, and tips to present the information so that you receive a “Yes!” from leadership. As we walk through this example, we will try to answer the question, “Is it worth it?” No SPD leader or administrator would say that they are against efficiency and quality improvements, they are just weighing whether the benefit of implementing the solution outweighs the cost of the product. Learning Objectives: 1. Identify how efficient sterile storage processes positively impact healthcare finances, performance and team culture. 2. Define key concepts related to capital budgeting. 3. Provide practical strategies for successfully building a business case for efficiency improvements in Sterile Processing

Learning Objectives: 1.Describe how dried soil on surgical instrument promotes the formation of a dry biofilm, which is difficult to remove and more resistant to inactivation by steam sterilization than a hydrated biofilm 2.Discuss the research project demonstrating the change in solubility of dried soil on reusable medical devices 3.Demonstrate the change in solubility of dried soil on reusable medical devices when exposed to various time, temperature and humidity ranges

Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss recent trends in infection control and healthcare-associated infections 2. Explain why the development of COVID-19 variants shifted the path of the pandemic 3. Explain strategies for leveraging science to support resource requests