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Compliance in Medical Device Reprocessing - Improving Patient Safety and Department Performance
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Compliance in Medical Device Reprocessing - Improving Patient Safety and Department Performance
In this course, attendees will learn how to address compliance issues in their sterile processing department, as well as developing a quality assurance benchmark and how to demonstrate to hospital management an improved revenue from improved services. The course includes topic presentations on what compliance means, how to assess a department for quality improvement, how to determine root cause of issues and develop a process that can be benchmarked and rewarded through improved efficiency. Each presentation will be featured by small group workshops that can address real problems and develop solutions.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the accepted guidelines for compliance in medical device reprocessing
- Learn how to identify issues that cause an increase in workload and reduced efficiency
- What should be included in a compliance system in sterile processing
- Learn how and what issues to tackle first to develop benchmarks for improvement
- When is “Best Practice” not good enough
- How to build a quality improvement process
- How to demonstrate the changes in revenue that can be gained through quality improvements
- How to benchmark a quality improvement program
- How to address medical device IFUs within a department’s compliance guidelines
- How to address older instruments with no IFUs or deficient IFUs
- When partnering with the operating theatre will improve the throughput and output of sterile processing department
- How to bring the learning in this course back to your hospital for implementation
Areas Covered:
- Accepted guidelines for medical device reprocessing
- AORN, AAMI, IAHCSMM guidelines
- Medical device IFUs
- Benchmarking for compliance in medical device reprocessing
- Building a QSM system within your department
- How improvements in process lead to demonstrable revenues
Who will Benefit:
- Managers and staff of sterile processing departments
- Managers of operating rooms
- Administration
- Infection preventionists
- Allied personnel in sterile processing
AGENDA
DAY 01(8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)
- 08.30 AM - 08.59 AM: Registration and Meet & Greet.
- 09.00 AM - 10.00 AM:
- Seminar objectives review, expectations and scope.
- Importance of the medical device reprocessing department
- Common issues interfering with compliance in a sterile processing department
- What is expected in interactive group sessions
- Questions and discussion
- 10.00 AM - 10.30 AM:
- Definition of Compliance in Medical Device Reprocessing
- Recognition of Guidelines, US, vs regional standards
- 10.30 AM - 10.45 AM: Break
- 10.45 AM - 11.15 AM:
- Why Compliance is so important
- Compliance vs. Quality: how they fit together
- Why compliance in medical device reprocessing is so difficult
- 11.15 AM - 12.00 PM:
- Communication & Training
- Workshop – group sessions (30 minutes): Identifying the scope of non-compliance
- Discussion Q&A
- 12.00 PM - 01.00 PM: Lunch
- 01.00 PM - 02.00 PM:
- Workshop Introduction
- Workshop – group sessions (30 minutes): Identifying the scope of non-compliance
- Discussion Q&A
- 02.00 PM - 03.00 PM:
- Building a quality improvement plan: how to address problems identified in the last workshop
- Workshop – group sessions (30 minutes): What is needed to address the issues brought in the last workshop
- Discussion Q&A
- 03.00 PM - 03.45 PM:
- Productivity management (throughput and output)
- Factors to consider
- Performing a self-audit
- assigning responsibility
- 03.45 PM - 04.00 PM: Break
- 04.00 PM - 04.30 PM:
- Understanding IFUs
- Complex vs. standard instrument designs
- Addressing IFUs that dazzle the imagination and do not fit within a reasonable time
- How to address the issues with non-compliant IFUs
DAY 02(8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)
- 08.30 AM - 08.59 AM: Registration and Meet & Greet.
- 09.00 AM - 09.30 AM:
- Seminar objectives review, expectations and scope.
- Some Key elements of compliance for a medical device reprocessing department
- 09.30 AM - 10.30 AM:
- Workshop introduction: Identify reprocessing issues and IFUs
- Workshop: Identify your most problematic medical instruments and how you handle them now
- Where are your IFUs?
- IFU Discussion
- 10.30 AM - 11.30 AM:
- Individual Group Presentations
- 11.30 AM - 12.00 PM: MORNING Wrap up
- 12.00 PM - 01.00 PM: Lunch
- 01.00 PM - 02.00 PM:
- Effective Resource Management
- Selling your quality improvement plan to administration
- Benchmarking your success
- 02.00 PM - 02.30 PM:
- Pre-treatment of medical devices to prevent biofilm formation – improving patient safety
- Coordination and Cooperation between CSSD and the OR
- 02.30 PM - 03.00 PM:
- The issue of dirty instruments- compliance issue #1
- Mapping the process, improving the process
- 03.00 PM - 04.00 PM:
- Quality Improvement Workshop – What can you bring back to your hospital to improve compliance 20 min
- Individual presentations – what you can do
- Wrap up
- 04.00 PM - 04.30 PM: Mapping a quality improvement process to improve department compliance
- 04.30 PM - 04.40 PM: Adjourn
SPEAKER
Joseph Jay HouserConsultant, Decontamination & Sterilization of RMD, SPD Compliance, Lecturer
Joseph Houser is a Medical Consultant in Sterilization & Reprocessing with over 30 years experience in medical devices and reprocessing. He started his career in a central sterile processing department and has worked extensively in operating rooms as a consultant and trainer. He currently consults with medical device companies on sterile processing topics. He grew up in the USA and is currently a resident of Taiwan. His educational background is from the University of Maine and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.
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NO REFUNDS ALLOWED ON REGISTRATIONS
Prices may go up any time. Service fees included in pricing.
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