SPSmedical has scheduled a series of educational seminars in a series titled Recommended Practices for Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities.
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Featured speakers are industry experts Vivian Watson, a nurse consultant, and Chuck Hughes, GM and lead educator for SPSmedical.Â
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Each seminar will review AAMI, AORN and AST standards for instrument reprocessing, along with recent changes to the Joint Commission and CMS surveys. Attendees will receive 6 hours of continuing education credit along with a take-home CD-ROM that contains four hours of additional self-study CE programs, sterilization articles, policies and procedures, sterilization checklists and examples of devices that require extended cycles.
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Seminars are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. as follows:
June 25, 2011: Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire, Wis.
July 9, 2011: Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health & Wellness, Trenton, N.J.
July 23, 2011: Rochelle Community Hospital, Rochelle, Ill.
Aug 6, 2011: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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For more information, contact Andrew Cotraccia of SPSmedical at (800) 722-1529 or send an e-mail to: acotraccia@spsmedical.comÂ
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