HSPA is proud to provide the first-of-its-kind President-Elect Candidate Forum for the 2022 election. During this LIVE 30-minute moderated event, the moderator will pose questions to the candidates to give HSPA’s membership a chance to hear, see and understand more about the candidates. At the end of the forum, each candidate will be given a few minutes to present statements about their candidacy, explain why they are running for this important position, and share what this profession and organization mean to them. Candidates: Monique Jelks and Anthony Bondon Moderator: Damien Staff Support Day of event: Germaine

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 the impact that positivity can have on individuals and the workgroup. The panel will discuss strategies to maintain individual positivity and enhance the culture of the workgroup. Along with sharing their insights, the panel will address questions from participants. Guest Speakers: Veronica Holder Sharon Greene-Golden Monique Jelks

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,

Having a sterilization failure can have a negative effect on patient care. When a sterilization failure occurs, everyone involved needs to be aware of how to detect it and how to resolve it. This presentation describes how to identify a sterilization failure and provides methods to resolve sterilization failures.

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The Coronavirus phenomenon presents new challenges to all aspects of healthcare facilities. This webinar presents information regarding COVID-19 specifically as it applies to Sterile Processing. SP Technicians are shown how to safely and effectively process medical devices during this extreme outbreak.

Join us for a celebration of the fast-paced, technical and sometimes unpredictable world of CS/SP where keeping up with change, overcoming challenges and giving our all to meet providers’ needs and protect our patients is a way of life.

Each surgery requires specific instruments. Every instrument must be correct, safe and functional. Failure to meet those requirements can impact surgical outcomes, patient safety and customer satisfaction. This program will review instrument handling information and other factors that contribute to quality instrument trays and sets.

Consumable items are an important part of any CS/SP department. This program will examine requirements for handling commercially-sterilized items. Additional topics will include: consumable items’ impact on department operations and patient care, receiving processes, common packaging information and storage requirements.