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3M™ Sterilization and Cleaning Monitoring Education
Sterile instruments and clean facilities are critical components to delivering safe and efficient health care. By having trained and committed people employing the current best practice standards, aided by effective technology, it's possible to help sterilization departments support patient safety.
Live Sterilization Education
3M is known for quality and reliability when it comes to answering product questions and sharing technical expertise. We also offer live and on-demand training opportunities, to keep up on best practices. See below for our current educational webinars.
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Indicators of Safety: Chemical & Steam Integrators
Integrators, indicators, tomato, tomahto, right? In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how indicators and integrators are used to help assure sterility, in their own ways. One fact remains clear; that Sterile Processing professionals count on a variety of indicators that demonstrate if our processes, practices, and equipment are achieving the sterile results our patients need to have an infection free surgery.
Speaker: Sarah Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CIS
Earn 1.0 CE Contact Hour*
When: April 20, 2023
Time: 1 PM CST
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*Each Device Reprocessing 1-hour web meeting is approved by HSPA, CBSPD. These programs provide 1.0 C.E. contact hour.
On-demand Customized Educational Tracks
3M offers a full breadth of on-demand education through 3M Health Care Academy, below we have customized educational tracks to fit your specific needs with some of our most-popular archived webinars. Boost your education and earn CE’s today!
Simply click on the links below to get started.
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Sterilization Basics
Great courses to start your sterilization monitoring education with!
- Using the HFMEA (Healthcare Failure Modes, Effects Analysis) tool in the risk management of the cleaning process by Anna Castillo-Gutierrez - CRCST, CIS, CSPDT, CFER
- What’s in your sterilization monitoring toolbox? By Craig Wallace, BS. Microbiology
- Infection Control and Device Reprocessing in the Dental Setting by Joyce Moore
- Documentation Do’s & Don’ts for SPD Quality
- The Nitty Gritty of Sterilization Recalls by David Jagrosse
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Steam Sterilization
Great courses to start your sterilization monitoring education with!
- Design, Function and Application of Process Challenge Devices by Paulo Laranjeira, Ph.D.
- Water Quality for Steam Sterilization and Equipment Conservation by Paulo Laranjeira, Ph.D.
- Sterilization Quality Control in the Clinic Setting by Susan Flynn
- Monitoring the Sterilization Process & Troubleshooting Failures - Real World Examples by Jeff Wiser
- Steam Sterilization Cycle Optimization by Paulo Laranjeira, PhD
- Sterile Barriers: Key information for CSSD professionals
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Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization
Listen to our very own technical service expert provide the tools you need for hydrogen peroxide sterilization.
- Are they really that different? Monitoring tools for Hydrogen Peroxide: the newest scientific evidence by Dr. Brian Kirk, Phd, D. Pharm
- New Tools for your VH2O2 Sterilization Tool Box by Larry Talapa
- Are They Really That Different? A Comparative Analysis of Steam vs Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization in Healthcare Today, by Larry Talapa
- Cleanliness Monitoring
- Endoscopy
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Advanced Content/Accreditation Support
- Risk Management Series Part 1: Risk Management in Central Sterile Services Department (CSSD) by Anna Castillo-Gutierrez - CRCST, CIS, CSPDT, CFER
- Risk Management Series Part 2: Medical Devices and point of use decontamination by Anna Castillo-Gutierrez - CRCST, CIS, CSPDT, CFER
- QUALITY SYSTEM AND CONTROLS - BEST PRACTICES FOR STERILIZATION AND MONITORING by Janet Prust.
- The FDA and Your SPD - The Federal Government is Here to Help You by Craig Wallace, BS. Microbiology
Educational Recources Sponsored by 3M
HMP Education Course
Don’t miss this complimentary 1-hour CME/CNE/AAPA/AANP (1 CE) on-demand course, Quality Monitoring of Instrument and Device Processing – How Do You Know It’s Sterile? This HMP Education course is supported by an educational grant from 3M Health Care, Medical Solutions Division.
Beyond Clean
Miss a Beyond Clean virtual conferece? Listen to them on-demand.
Articles and Audio
3M also sponsors two self-study programs with HSPA and Healthcare Purchasing News. See below for more CE credit options. You can listen to the audio and go directly to the lesson plan to enroll and earn your CE credit.
Health Care Purchasing News
- Documentation Do's and Don'ts for SPD Quality, by Alison Sonstelie
- Ethylene Oxide - Safe and Effecive Low Temperature Sterilization, by Jeff Wiser
- The Science of Speed: Today's Rapid Readout Biological Indicators, by Craig Wallace
- Sterile Processing Mysteries: The Story of the Positive BI, by Craig Wallace
- Collaborating a Culture Change - Relearning Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization, by Larry Talapa
- Current Evidence: Monitoring Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization Processes Using Chemical
- Bridging the Gap! Collective Collaboration is Important in Creating a Cohesive Surgical Services
- Product Testing: The Overlooked 4th Pillar of a Robust Sterilization Process Monitoring Program
- Removing the Mystery from Reprocessing, by Nita Mazurat
- Device Reprocessing in the Dental Setting, by Joyce Moore
HSPA
- Understanding Sterilization Recalls, by David Jagrosse
- Cleaning Monitoring Using Adenosine Triphosphate: Facts and Fiction, by Craig Wallace
- FDA and SPD: How Federal Government Helps with Instructions for Use, by Craig Wallace
- Sterilization in Dental Settings: Tools to Achieve and Provide Optimal Standard of Care, by Jamie Vadnais, Carola Carrera and Karissa Kerr
- Accreditation Survey Preparedness for Sterile Processing Professionals, by Jacqueline Daley
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