Live Webinar: Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 - 10:00-11:00(CST)

An in-depth description of what every healthcare worker should know about steam sterilization is discussed in this presentation.  Explanations and discussions of the necessary steps in monitoring, testing and quality control of sterilization processes is a highlighted focus during this educational offering.

The second half of the presentation will discuss what is a ONE TRAY® and the impact that it could have on your delivery of patient care.

Objectives:

1. List the three essential conditions that must be met for an item to be considered sterile.
2. Describe the types and applications of steam sterilization monitoring and testing devices.
3. Discuss AAMI, FDA, CMS, and state regulatory guidance for steam sterilization processes.

Guest Speaker:

Barbara Ann Harmer, MHA, BSN, RN

VP of Clinical Services 

Innovative Sterilization Technologies, LLC 

Barbara Ann Harmer is the Vice President of Clinical Services at Innovative Sterilization Technologies, 
LLC. Barbara is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and visionary perioperative nursing leader with over 48
years of administrative and clinical management and internal and external consulting experience in both 
inpatient, outpatient and multi-campus healthcare facilities. She is the founder and President of 
MedAssist Consultants Inc., a highly respected and experienced consulting company for over 46 years. 
She has successfully provided medical and surgical consulting services to over 325 clients nationally and 
internationally. Barbara Annís record demonstrates increasingly challenging healthcare leadership 
positions. She is sought after as a speaker for local, regional and national symposiums and conventions. 

Ms. Harmer has been a member of AORN since 1977; she is an active member of four AAMI working 
committees, ST/WG 40 - Steam Sterilization hospital practices (ST79) and ST/WG 84 ñ Endoscope 
Reprocessing (ST91), ST/WG 17, Cleaning and Disinfection, and ST/WG 12 Instructions for Reusable 
Device Reprocessing. She has participated as a member of the Advisory Committee/WG 40 and assisted 
in the rework and redesign of ANSI/AAMI ST79: 2017 Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and 
sterility assurance in health care facilities. Ms. Harmer has also worked on the development of the 
AAMI TIR 109, External transport of medical devices processed by health care facilities and AAMI TIR 
99, Processing of dilators, transesophageal and ultrasound probes in health care facilities. 
Ms. Harmer is a past national president of the ophthalmic nursing organization, ASORN, Inc. 
She was a surveyor for AAAHC for twenty-four years and had conducted CMS surveys since the 
inception of deemed status surveys in 1996. She is a member of AORN, Inc., ASORN, Inc. and HSPA 
(formerly known as IAHCSMM).

Eligible for 1 CE