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5 Courses
Infection Prevention
Breaking the Chain of Infection in SPD - Webinar
Germs: It’s not just what they are, but how they move around that you need to worry about. Learn what causes infections, how infectious agent move to the next person and where you can help break the chain of infection in the SPD.
Course Objectives:- Name the three factors that contribute to the spread of infection
- State the infection transmission pathways
- Identify ways to break the chain of infection in SPD
Infection Prevention
Now Playing, Biofilms: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Study Guide
Moisture, food and a surface; three things biofilms need, and your water lines supply. In fact, more places in sterile processing have what it takes to grow biofilms. See the good, understand the bad, and get rid of the ugly that biofilms bring to sterile processing.
Course Objectives:
- Define what biofilms are.
- Identify how biofilms can impact patients.
- Describe steps in the management and prevention of biofilm development and the healthcare professional’s role in this effort.
Infection Prevention
Adding ANSI/AAMI ST108 to a Water Management Program - Webinar
Legionnaires’
disease brought focus to waterborne illness in healthcare facilities.
Healthcare responded with water management programs aimed to keep patients safe
from aerosolized pathogens. Now a new threat looms in facility water. One
that stems from the water used to process medical devices. It’s time for the
water management program to face this new threat! Join Karen Owens, STERIS’s
Senior Director of Clinical Education, as she removes the threat by adding the
requirements of ANSI/AAMI ST108 to the water management program.
Objectives:
• List the seven key elements of a water management program
• Add the requirements of ANSI/AAMI ST108 guidelines into the appropriate key element of the water management program
Infection Prevention
Aldehyde Resistant Organisms: The Impact in Healthcare - Study Guide
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported close to nine thousand cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2019 with 13 million people estimated to have a latent TB infection in the USA. Nonturbercolosis Mycobacteria (NTB) cause nodules, plaques, ulcerations, joint stiffness, fever, and even death. Aldehyde disinfectants have long been used to prevent the spread of mycobacterium within healthcare facilities. The advent of aldehyde resistant mycobacterium species threatens the facility’s ability to control these deadly bacteria. It is time to consider the risk to your facility and adopt practices and processes that addresses aldehyde resistant mycobacterium.
Course Objectives:
- Define aldehyde-resistant organisms and the facts concerning these microorganisms.
- Discuss the occurrence of aldehyde-resistant organisms and the steps that are taken to prevent the spread of infection.
Infection Prevention
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome - Webinar
Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) is a preventable surgical complication requiring attention to detail in both procedural and instrument processing activities. Learn the presentation of, diagnostic recommendations, and causes of TASS and share in Delores's simple secretes to prevent it.
Objectives:
- Describe Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) and the known causes
- Identify precautions to prevent TASS
- Define recommended cleaning and sterilization best practices and guidelines
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