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3M Healthcare Academy presents*…”Why Sterilization of Endoscopes”

 This session is intended to provide an overview of the key issues related to the controversial topic of sterilization of flexible endoscopes. Due to the increased awareness of potential patient exposure and documented evidence of outbreaks related to contaminated endoscopes, experts are beginning to propose modifying Spaulding’s classifications to include flexible endoscopes as critical devices which could require routine terminal sterilization. This webinar will promote an increased understanding of the issues, evidence and recommended practices that can be used to help assess current facility practices for disinfection or sterilization of flexible endoscopes to drive endoscope processing improvements/patient safety.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the diagnostic uses, therapeutic uses and surgical applications for flexible endoscopes.
• Review the current and proposed patient risk/Spaulding classification or critical devices.
• Describe evidence supporting and the identified gaps to existing and proposed reprocessing methods.

Presenter: Jeff Wiser, BS, MS, CCSVP   |  Technical Service Engineer  |  3M

Continuing Education: Each 1 hour web meeting qualifies for 1 contact hour for nursing. 3M Health Care Provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses CEP 5770.

Questions should be addressed by 3m.

* NOTE: This is a contracted supplier-sponsored webinar. HealthTrust has not approved and/or endorsed the content. This program may contain the mention of products, services, drugs or brands presented in a case study or comparative format. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as a HealthTrust endorsement of any particular supplier, product, service, drug, brand or approach.