| Clinical Specialist
Services
Healthcare professionals are accustomed to facing new
challenges on a regular basis. STERIS is committed to
providing educational tools to assist in meeting these
challenges.
Clinical Education
Clinical Consulting
Clinical
Education
STERIS Clinical Specialists offer on-site training
for STERIS equipment use and maintenance; hand washing
compliance; germicide use protocols for cleaning, decontamination,
and sterilization of surgical instruments; and a series
of programs related to infection prevention in today's
healthcare environment.
We offer:
Our Operator Training Programs provide technical training
on the proper care, use, and preventive maintenance
of STERIS products and review of parameters critical
to effective operation.
Clinical Consulting
These practices include decontamination, inspection,
assembly, packaging, sterilization, and sterility
maintenance
and are a key component in infection prevention. STERIS
maintains a team of experienced professionals, dedicated
to the advancement of the sterile processing profession
through education and innovation. Backed by 100+ years
of well-recognized experience in sterilization technology,
STERIS Sterile Processing Consulting Services focuses
resources on our core competencies.
Product and Service Offerings include:
Diagnostic Study
An objective, comprehensive survey of the complete
sterilization process.
- Review of the physical environment of the processing
areas.
- Observation of staff performance and sterile processing
work practices.
- Review of quality assurance monitoring processes.
- Review of department education and training programs.
- Review of competency assessment tools.
- Analysis of supply utilization for cost saving opportunities.
JCAHO Preparation Assessment
An assessment designed to analyze a Sterile Processing
Department's compliance with standards through which
potential pre-survey status can be determined.
- Review of policies and procedures.
- Assessment of recommended practice compliance (AAMI,
AORN).
- Assessment of OSHA standards compliance associated
with sterile processing.
- Assessment of JCAHO standards compliance.
- Observation of work practices.
- Assessment of performance improvement process.
- Assessment of leadership functions.
- Analysis of standard of patient care as it relates
to processing methods.
- Review of management of the environment of care
(safety, waste management, and emergency preparedness
procedures).
- Assessment of management of human resources, including
staffing ratios and staff development opportunities.
- Assessment of management of information in maintaining
confidentiality and data integrity associated with
sterile processing activities.
- Review of infection prevention processes as they
relate to decontamination, sterilization, and sterility
maintenance.
Other Services
- Short-term sterile processing management
- Project management
- Process improvement implementation
- Technician training
Who Would Benefit?
- Sterile Processing departments needing assistance
in process improvement activities.
- Sterile Processing departments interested in JCAHO
pre-survey analysis.
- Administrators interested in a thorough review and
assessment of sterile processing activities and performance
in their facility.
- Sterile Processing department in need of short-term
interim management assistance.
- Sterile Processing departments in need of project
implementation.
- Sterile Processing departments needing assistance
with technician training.
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