34th Annual Conference and Vendor Exhibit
The Journey…From IFU to You!
Las Vegas, Nevada - July 20 & 21, 2019
Speakers Line-up
Saturday
Session - 1
Reprocessing Reusable Medical Devices: Standards, Recommendations & Guidelines!
Chuck Hughes - Highpower Validation & Testing Labs
- Discuss why compliance with Standards, Recommendations and Guidelines (best practices) is so important when reprocessing reusable medical devices,
- Explain where to find and how to use best practices with the reprocessing of reusable medical devices, and
- Identify common errors when reprocessing complex surgical instruments and flexible endoscopes.
Session - 2
Check your Title at the Door
Shawn Flynn, CRCST, CIS, CHL - Manager Sterile Processing/OR Services - Stanford Children’s Health
- How Did We Get Here?
- Oh How Times Have Changed
- Medical Device Innovation Curve / SPD Innovation Curve
- Relative Sizes and Detection Devices
- Fast Forward
- Example of Medical Device Innovation
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- Increased Set Volume = Shortcuts
- Example of reprocessing inefficiency
- The incivility continuum
- We Have No Choice But to Change
- C-Suites
- Physicians
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- IPC Professionals
- Surgical Technologist
- Sterile Processing Leadership
- Sterile Processing Technologist
- Medical Device Industry
- Regulatory Agencies
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Session - 3
The Science of Reprocessing - Water Quality
Stephen Kovach - Director of Education – Healthmark Industries
Define and understand the role of the quality of water used in Sterile Processing
- Review the standards, guidelines and IFU that prescribe the quality of water you must use in the cleaning process
- Understand how poor water can contribute to poor outcomes in patients
Session - 4
Line in the Sand: Labeling, Validation & IFU’s
Gene Ricupito, CRCST, CHL, CFER, PMP – C&R Healthcare Partners, LLC
- FDA Labeling requirements for Medical devices
- Cleaning, HLD, Sterilization validation process
- Recent AAMI guidance for risk assessment
- Issues we encounter
Sunday
Session - 5
Bad Bugs, No Drugs! Why & What Now SPD?
Wava Truscott, PhD, MBA - Truscott MedSci Associates, LLC
Sponsored by Central Sterilization Solutions
- Explain why antimicrobial and drug resistant infections are serious threats to the US and the world
- List the reasons why increasing numbers of microorganisms have become resistant
- Describe how SPD/CS can avoid contributing to microbial resistance
Session - 6
Infection Prevention Is You: Your Journey to Quality Care Every Scope Every Time
Donald T. Cabrera, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CFER - Sterilization and Disinfection Lead Consultant
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
- Your role in infection prevention
- Risks involved in endoscope reprocessing
- Regulatory versus guidelines and recommendations
- Areas where infection prevention can be improved
- Recommendations and best practices
Session - 7
Forecasting For Success: Prioritizing & Maximizing efficiencies in CSSD
David Jagrosse - CSS Manager - Middlesex Hospital, David Jagrosse Consulting LLC
- Prioritizing the work on hand...getting to “Zero”
- Forecasting what's needed for the next 5 days…No more “surprise” loaners
- Faster Smarter Leaner processing
Session - 8
Biofilm Basics: What is it? And how to beat it!
Brandon Van Hee - Clinical Education Manager - Key Surgical
- Define biofilm and how it differs from soil and bioburden
- Understand the characteristics of biofilm and how it forms
- Identify medical devices that are most at risk to harbor microbial biofilms
- Discuss industry guidelines as they relate to biofilm prevention
- Discuss ways in which healthcare professionals can prevent biofilm formation