Webinars

Thursday, January 19th 2PM ET with Cheron Rojo & Jill Holdsworth

Objectives:

• • Discuss the purpose of ANSI/AAMI PB70 and who is involved in the committee
  • Review the main sections of the PB70 document and how they apply to various user types
  • Discuss the recent revisions of ANSI/AAMI PB70 and how that effects our industry

Thursday, December 15th 2PM ET with Ralph Basile

Objectives:

• • Understand the key requirements for validating cleaning instructions in ST98
  • Discuss medical device designs that present the greatest challenge to cleaning and designing medical devices for cleanability
  • Highlight the expected improvements in cleaning and cleaning instructions as a result of ST98’s adoption

Thursday, November 17th 2PM ET with Alisha Loy

Objectives:

• • Describe prospective of the value Sterile Processing has for patients
  • Relate the work in Central Sterilization to patient care
  • Defend doing the right thing even in the face of adversity
  • Explain partnership with families not seen
  • Identify high level Quality & Lean Management concepts
  • Support the increase in confidence for Sterile Processing Team Members

Thursday, October 20th 2PM ET with Malinda Elammari

Objectives:

• • Focus on key factors pertaining to sterile packaging
  • Describe the role Point-of-Use plays in patient outcomes
  • Evaluate the impact Point-of-Use has on a Sterile Processing Department
  • Define steps involved in Point-of-Use treatment
  • Explore measures to help ensure compliance with Point-of-Use

Wednesday, September 28th 1PM CT with Adam Okada

Objectives:

• • Discuss the current state of ASCs and how we are handling orthopedic instrumentation
  • Review best practice standards and guidelines
  • Examine possible solutions and tools for dealing with the complexity of orthopedic instrumentation reprocessing

Thursday, September 22nd 2PM ET with Marjorie Wall

Objectives:

• • Focus on key factors pertaining to sterile packaging
  • Understand strategic relationship building.
  • Understand the importance of psychological safety and voice in decision making.
  • Understand the negative impact of team silence.
  • Learn strategies to build trust and partnership in difficult situations.
  • Learn tools to build high performing multidisciplinary teams.
  • Explore applied examples of building multidisciplinary collaborative teams to tackle difficult problems in Sterile Processing.

Thursday, September 8th 2PM ET with Malinda Elammari and Kevin Anderson

Objectives:

• • Focus on key factors pertaining to sterile packaging

Thursday, August 18th 2PM ET with Jahan Azizi

Objectives:

• • Define Safety
  • Review SDS
  • Learn About the Potential Hazards
  • Review Safety Signage
  • How Do You Make it Safer for Others

Thursday, July 21st 2PM ET with Healthmark Educators

Objectives:

• Detail real world stories from our educators experience across the country to highlight common issues and problems
• Guide facilities on how to avoid the pitfalls that occur at low-performing departments
• Provide tangible steps for departmental and process improvement through continuing educational programs

Thursday, June 23rd 2PM ET with Cheron Rojo

Objectives:

• Review the ANSI/AAMI ST79 2020 amendment that supports insulation testing of insulated instrumentation and devices.
• Identify the different types of damage of the insulation and their root causes, while identifying methods that can protect insulated instrumentation and devices throughout the entire process.
• Discuss the failure rates identified from the case study of insulated instrumentation and devices from the type of insulated instrument and device to insulated laparoscopic instrument trays.