Sterilization and Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing: An Expert Discussion Regarding the Latest Information

An educational discussion regarding the differences between sterilization and liquid chemical sterilant processing, including: overview of each process, guideline review, benefits of terminal sterilization, methods of validating sterility assurance and the importance of documentation.

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Speaker:

Nancy Chobin, RN, AAS, ACSP, CSPDM

Nancy Chobin, is a corporate consultant and has been an educator at Saint Barnabas Health Care System, New Jersey since 1990. She provides educational seminars, training programs and consultation services to the healthcare system’s operating room and sterile processing departments, dental and physician practices and ambulatory surgery centers in the areas of sterilization, infection control, decontamination, preparation and assembly, surgical instrumentation preparation, chemical disinfection, materials management, inventory management, design of SPD departments, capital equipment needs, centralization of surgical instrument processing, Joint Commission compliance issues, OSHA compliance issues, compliance with state and federal regulations, surgical case carts, sterile processing competencies, supply distribution systems, staffing and productivity and development of policy and procedure manuals. Nancy has more than 30 years of experience in the operating room, central sterile supply and materials management.