Frequently Asked Questions About Sterilization
Video Training
Category: Infection Prevention
Title: Frequently Asked Questions About Sterilization
Presented by Craig Wallace - Senior Technical Specialist - 3M Infection Prevention Division
Craig Wallace is a Senior Technical Specialist in the 3M Infection Prevention Division laboratory. Craig has held a number of positions in 3M Healthcare over the last 34 years, including management and technical roles in medical device and pharmaceutical R&D organizations. He has specialized in the area of sterilization and disinfection for the last 20 years.
Craig is the Convener of ISO TC 198 Working Group 4, the international committee responsible for biological indicator performance standards. He is also the Co-Chair of AAMI WG4, the U.S. biological indicator standards group. Craig is active on several other AAMI and ISO standards committees focused on chemical indicators, washer-disinfectors, terminology, process challenge devices, and ethylene oxide sterilization.
Craig leads the 3M Sterilization Technical Service and Education Team, and has given lectures on a wide range of sterilization-related topics in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Description:
This one hour presentation by Craig Wallace was presented at our Infection Prevention Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers conference in Las Vegas, NV in October 2016. Craig discusses some basic background steam sterilization, biological and chemical indicators and then proceeds to give answers to a few common questions that come into the 3M technical phone hotline.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic principles of the sterilization processes used in ASC's today.
- Learn answers to common questions about the sterilization of medical devices in ambulatory surgical centers.
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