Cleaning, Disinfection & Sterilization

Video Training

Category: Infection Prevention

Title: Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization

Presenter: Loie Ruhl Couch , RN, BS, CIC, FAPIC; Infection Preventionist; Excellentia Advisory Group Infection Preventionist

Description: Loie was an Infection Prevention Specialist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis Missouri. She graduated with RN 25+ years ago, and then received a Bachelor of Science in Health Care Leadership. Loie was certified in Infection Control in 2005. She possesses a varied medical/surgical nursing background including emergency medicine and trauma. Infection Control became her area of specialty in 2003. Loie has authored and co-authored several abstracts for both APIC and SHEA, and has presented at the National APIC conference in San Jose and Denver, as well as at the Bi-State Infectious Disease Conference in St. Louis and at the Little Rock Chapter of APIC Infectious Disease Conference. She is the co-author of a chapter in the 3^rd edition of the SHEA text, “Practical Epidemiology in Healthcare.”

Learning Objectives:

1. 1. State the basic components of cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
2. 2. Identify products and equipment used to properly clean, disinfect and sterilize instruments, devices and equipment
3. 3. Review processing issues “in the news”
4. 4. Evaluate potential auditing measures to ensure appropriate results from cleaning, disinfection and sterilization

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Once you and any/all staff have reviewed this presentation, you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Participation worth one 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.

Additionally, this program is approved for 1.0 hour of IPCHs by BASC Provider #0707. The content area of Infection Prevention Strategies.

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