Hawaii Live Training Event
For Pacific West Sterile Processing Professionals
Saturday, March 4th, 2023
FREE for Residents of Hawaii and Pacific Island Nations
*This event is EXCLUSIVELY for Residents of Hawaii and Pacific Island Nations. Attendees from continental United States NOT ELIGIBLE for registration.
Session 1
Understanding Communication and Human Relations in the Workplace
Cheron Rojo (Healthmark)
- Review communication types and interpersonal styles in the workplace
- Discuss the types of communication walls and barriers that inhibit effective communication.
- Define injustice collecting and crucial conversations and types of confrontation.
- Discuss the types of storytelling and the managing of rumors.
Session 2
A 360 ̊ View of Self-Assessment for YOUR SP Department
Jhmeid Billingslea (Advantage Support Services)
- To give attendees tools to evaluate their own leadership and work styles.
- To discuss how to assess your environment of care.
- To demonstrate how to assess the department’s workflow for the entire instrument sterilization process.
- To present methods that incentivize staff buy-in and ownership of the continuous quality improvement process.
- To review the steps to develop an action plan based on identified opportunities.
- To share tips to sustain improvement over the long haul.
Session 3
Cleaning Validation of Robotic Instruments and their Reprocessing IFUs.
Nupur Jain (Intuitive)
- Understand how reprocessing IFUs are developed
- Understand how cleaning validations are performed
- Understand cleaning of robotic instruments
Session 4
Endoscope Processing Updates
Mary Ann Drosnock (Healthmark)
- Discuss the updated flexible endoscope standards ANSI/AAMI ST91 and new guidelines such as SGNA and AORN.
- Identify recently published literature and reports on endoscope processing topics
- Highlight trends in endoscope processing, including the use of simethicone, while reviewing the latest study data on alternatives
Session 5
Instrument Care and Handling How to Care for Your Microsurgical Instruments in 5 Easy Steps
Tatyana Rybikov
- Outline how stainless steel interacts with different cleaning processes and solutions.
- Differentiate between “staining” and “rusting” and the method by which each issue can be prevented.
- Define tactics for the organization of instrument IFUs, cleaning instructions and other regulatory resources.
- Model process efficiency for microsurgical instrument cleaning, handling and storage.
- Demonstrate inspection and placement of instruments in trays to prevent damage.
- Explain personal accountability and tracking methods for best practices in patient care.
Session 6
Keeping Biofilms at Bay in Your Reprocessing Loop
(Michelle McKinley, STERIS Corp.)
- List three requirements for biofilm formation.
- Describe the hazards of medical biofilm formation.
- Identify areas where biofilms hide and ways to mitigate their formation.