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Location: Pack Place
Title: Time Is Running Out: The Importance of Time and Environmental Conditions on Contaminated Instrumentation
Event Type: Discover.Engineer.Build Conference
This presentation will show the effects of time and environmental conditions on contaminated instrumentation from the point-of-use until the decontamination process begins based on recent research findings. In 2021, research was conducted on the solubility of dried soil on reusable medical devices. This cutting-edge investigation supports the scientific justification for point-of-use treatment and provides guidance for environmental conditions and time constraints when transporting clinically soiled medical devices. This lecture will show the results of the research project with data demonstrating the change in solubility of dried soil on reusable medical devices when exposed to various time, temperature, and humidity ranges.
Learning Objectives
Objective 1 Describe how dried clinical soil on medical devices promote the formation of a dry biofilm, which are difficult to remove and are more resistant to inactivation by steam sterilization than a hydrated biofilm
Objective 2 Discuss the research project demonstrating the change in solubility of dried soil on reusable medical devices
Objective 3 Demonstrate the change in solubility of dried soil on reusable medical devices when exposed to various time, temperature and humidity ranges
Objective 4 Discuss the importance of point-of-use treatment on medical devices
Objective 5 Demonstrate change in solubility of dried soil on different types of medical device substrates
Objective 6 Discuss the need for data to support the development of a new guidance for contaminated instrumentation transport by AAMI
