EPI® Education Series: Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization in the Surgical Setting
Get implementation methods and best practices to help ensure your facility is compliant with guidelines and regulatory standards for sterile processing.
PART OF THE EPI EDUCATION SERIES
Because sterile processing plays a vital role in patient safety, it is essential to ensure that every instrument meets sterilization requirements.
This interactive course will give the infection preventionist the training to ensure your Sterile Processing Department is in compliance with the best evidence-based practices.
Novice
IPC Operations
1.5
$75
$125
ABOUT THIS COURSE
This interactive course covers the latest recommended practices from AAMI, AORN and the CDC sterilization monitoring, cleaning and disinfection, packaging, sterilization, traffic control, and sterile storage. The latest in flash (Immediate-use) sterilization multi-society position statement will be discussed.
We will also identify controls on loaner instrumentation that should be in place to ensure instruments and implants are effectively managed and that patient safety, not physician preference or vendor convenience, needs to be the main consideration.
This program is mapped to the APIC’s IP Competency Model. This model describes the knowledge, skills, and behaviors considered key to advancement and guides IPs toward areas of professional development throughout all career stages. Click here to view the full model.
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Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing:
- APIC designates this activity for 1.5 Nursing Contact Hours
Physicians:
- APIC designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.5 PRA Category 1 Credits™
- Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
IPUs
- APIC designates this activity for 1 Infection Prevention Units. For more information please see https://www.cbic.org/CBIC/Recertify/Recertification-by-Continuing-Education.htm
Visit the Continuing Education (CE) Credit and Joint Accreditation webpage for additional details.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the differences between cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
- Discuss the required monitoring processes utilized in disinfection and sterilization
Technical Requirements
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Standard Definition (SD) videos: 5 Mbps - High Definition (HD) videos: 8 Mbps
Computer Operating System
- PC: Windows XP or newer
- Mac: OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or newer
Web Browsers
- Google Chrome support for most recent 2 public versions
- Firefox support for most recent 2 public versions
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Cancellation Policy
CANCELLATION/TRANSFER POLICY:
APIC must receive all cancellations in writing within 30 days of purchase if you have not yet started the course. If you have started the course, you must submit your cancellation within 7 days of the start day to be eligible for a refund.
Please submit cancellation requests to eLearning@apic.org. Courses are non-transferrable and remain with the original registered individual regardless of position changes or employee departures.