Sterilization 101: W-I-S-H to Achieve Success
Video Training
Title: Sterilization 101: W-I-S-H to Achieve Success
Presenter: Cathy Montgomery, RN, CASC - President of Excellentia Advisory Group
Cathy has over 20 years of experience in healthcare services management. During her position as Regional Manager for Barnes Hospital, Cathy oversaw several physician practices. As Regional Administrator for Novamed, she oversaw operations of the physician practices, as well as the ambulatory surgery centers and optical shops in the Metro St. Louis and Illinois areas. Under her direction, a state-of-the-art refractive surgery center was also designed and opened in St. Louis, MO.
Cathy is Founder and President of Excellentia Advisory Group, a consulting and development company serving both the surgical industry through ASC’s as well as surgical ho
spitals and office-based surgical practices. Cathy’s passion has been teaching compliance to CMS Conditions of Coverage, AAAHC accreditation, and assisting ASCs with their survey readiness.
Presenter: Robin Novak, RN, CIC, Director of Infection Prevention, Excellentia Advisory Group
Registered Nurse, Certified Infection Preventionist dedicated to disease prevention and high quality healthcare. Strong decision maker who understands the importance of patient, visitor and staff safety following evidence based best practices.
Driven and compassionate healthcare professional with 30 years hands-on experience in fast-paced ambulatory surgery center and hospital environments. Accountable and responsible with an additional focus on Quality Assurance Process Improvement.
Robin has served as the SGNA Carolina Chapter President, involved in SGNA Practice Committee as well as a Regional Committee member for the past several years. Robin is a current member of Palmetto APIC as well as the national APIC. Robin has been employed at the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Spartanburg since 2004 and held roles of Endoscopy Nurse, Endoscopy Charge Nurse and currently the Quality Assurance Process Improvement Coordinator. Robin is currently employed as the Director of Infection Prevention for Excellentia Advisory Group.
DESCRIPTION
This presentation was requested and financially sponsored by the Maryland Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and the Virginia Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. Our thanks to these two association executive management teams for bringing this continuing education and valued service to their association members!
The sterilization process at your facility is one of the most critical elements of patient care and successful outcomes. The many parts of the process, in and of itself, if missteps occur, could result in a devastating situation. This 1 hour session will cover:
- Your role in sterilization
- Transport techniques
- Cleaning and inspection
- Packaging
- Actual sterilization
- Storage and delivery
- Quality assurance
- Documentation
- Tracking back to the patient, what, why, how
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Sterile Processing Technicians and anyone involved in the pre-cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of the instruments. If you are not currently the one doing the processing, yet you are the Infection Preventionist, DON or Administrator, this session is valuable to you as you are ultimately responsible for the end result.
The participant will be able to:
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Identify key steps in the wash, sterilization and high-level disinfection process
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Recognize sterilization/ high-level disinfection irregularities
Viewing time: 68 minutes This presentation is worth 1 Contact Hour continuing education.1
NOTE-TAKING VERSION OF THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS:
3. Guide to Infection Prevention
5. Wrap Container Assessment (Excel sheet)
1Once you and any/all staff have reviewed this presentation, you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Participation worth 1.0 Credit Hour of continuing education. You simply contact us at events@excellentiagroup.com requesting your certificates, using the Certificate Request Form found in the link below. You will need to provide a typed list of all participants first and last names, position title (RN ,BSN, etc.), license numbers (if professionals) and date of completion.
* Excellentia Advisory Group LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 15481: Issue Date: 4/6/2010;
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