Course Agenda
August 7 (8.30AM-3.30PM)
8:00 – 8:30 AM: Registration
8:30 – 10:00AM: Lecture 1: What is the problem?
10:00 – 10:15AM: Break
10:15 – 12:00 noon: Lecture 2: Quality Systems
12:00 – 12:45PM: Lunch
12:45 – 2:15PM: Lecture 3: Healthcare Facility Perspectives
2:15 – 2:30AM: Break
2:30 – 3:30PM: Lecture 4: Industry Guidance & Cleaning Standards
August 7 (8.30AM-3.30PM)
8:00 – 8:30 AM: Registration
8:30 – 10:00AM: Lecture 1: What is the problem?
- Recent infection outbreaks and notifications associated with reprocessing
- Challenges and current practices in device reprocessing from a healthcare facility perspective
- Risk reduction from reusable devices from a patients perspective
10:00 – 10:15AM: Break
10:15 – 12:00 noon: Lecture 2: Quality Systems
- Risk mitigation by applying quality systems
- Risk reduction through improvements in device design
12:00 – 12:45PM: Lunch
12:45 – 2:15PM: Lecture 3: Healthcare Facility Perspectives
- Challenges faced and current practices
- How can complex devices be decontaminated
- Reporting reprocessing issues
2:15 – 2:30AM: Break
2:30 – 3:30PM: Lecture 4: Industry Guidance & Cleaning Standards
- Recent FDA’s guidance on reprocessing
- Medical device cleaning
- How clean is ‘clean enough’ when reprocessing surgical instruments?
