Sterile Processing – Water Quality for Reprocessing Medical Devices

Featured Speaker:  Delores O’Connell, Clinical Education Specialist, (LPN, BA, AGTS, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CSPDT, ASQ-CQIA) an expert in supporting professional education to achieve best practices for sterile processing, infection control, surgical and endoscopy environments as it pertains to device processing. Most recently, she was recognized for her work on the IAHCSMM Central Service Technical Manual 8th Edition as a Subject Matter Expert.

Objectives:

• Describe how water quality affects instrumentation during processing
• Name the levels of water necessary for specific steps in device cleaning, rinsing, disinfection and steam sterilization
• Describe the types of water treatment systems that may be used in device reprocessing