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.

NEW! SterileU Spin-off Educational Game: Click here to play a fun on-demand game and receive a free 0.5 CE. You can also set up a remote or in-person time with your local 3M Sterilization Account Manager to play the game live with your CSSD team, and receive 1 free CE! Request an educational event by filling out the fields here.

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What’s in your sterilization monitoring toolbox?

This Webinar will cover critical aspects of the sterilization of medical devices in hospital settings and will discuss the most relevant tools CSSD Managers have to address the sterilization assurance requirements.

Speaker: Craig Wallace, BS Microbiology

When: Thursday, May 20, 2021

Earn 1.0 CE Contact Hour

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Implementing changes and improvement plans: how to successfully drive changes within CSSD/SPD

This webinar will bring key information related to how to implement programs, to enable process standardization and ensure patient safety in large organizations with multiple central sterile departments.

Speaker: Sharon Greene-Golden, BSc

Earn 1.0 CE Contact Hour

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Environmental Cleaning Monitoring: Reduce the Risk from Surfaces

This webinar will deliver updated information and key evidence on how to navigate through the current guidelines as well as the impact cleanliness monitoring may have on patient safety.

Speaker: Nikki Kluck, B.S, M.S.

Earn 1.0 CE Contact Hour

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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 FREE CE’s today!
Simply click on the links below to get started or download this handy guide HERE (PDF, 67 KB) to easily track as you go!

Sterilization Basics
Great courses to start your sterilization monitoring education with!
- Quality Control Tools for Sterilization and Disinfection by Ryan Rozinka
- Monitoring the Sterilization Process & Troubleshooting Failures - Real World Examples by Jeff Wiser
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Steam Sterilization
Great courses to start your sterilization monitoring education with!
- Steam Sterilization Quality Control Checkup by Susan Flynn
- Monitoring the Sterilization Process & Troubleshooting Failures - Real World Examples by Jeff Wiser
- Steam Sterilization and Sterilization Quality Control for the Ambulatory Surgery Center – are your practices current? By Susan Flynn
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Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization
Listen to our very own technical service expert provide the tools you need for hydrogen peroxide sterilization.
- VH2O2 Sterilization Quality Control Checkup by Larry Talapa
- 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
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Cleanliness Monitoring
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Endoscopy
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Leadership Development
Listen to what your peers are saying about how to advance your own career in CSSD.
- Teamwork and Communication throughout CSSD and beyond by David Jagrosse.
- Ask the Experts by Rose Seavy and Monique Jelks
- Preparing for Accreditation Survey of Sterile Processing by Jackie Daley
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Additional Resources

3M sponsors two self-study programs. See below for the latest offerings for CE credits and online lesson plans:

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