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CEU / CPD CREDIT: 1.0 CBSPD | 1.0 IPACSS | 1.0 TCPDG
This course is specifically designed to enhance your understanding of sterilization methods using steam and dry heat within the sterile processing department. By participating, you will learn essential techniques and principles behind these sterilization methods, ensuring effective microbial control and compliance with industry standards.
Why Take This Course?
Recertification: Earn continuing education (CE) credits required for maintaining your CBSPD or CRCST certification.
Professional Growth: Stay updated with the latest sterilization protocols and best practices for steam and dry heat methods.
Patient Safety: Improve your ability to ensure effective sterilization, directly impacting patient outcomes and safety.
This course, "Sterilization Methods: Steam and Dry Heat," is designed to provide comprehensive continuing education (CE) and continuing professional development (CPD) for sterile processing professionals. Throughout the course, participants will engage with a detailed presentation covering critical aspects of steam and dry heat sterilization, including their mechanisms, applications, and validation processes, followed by an assessment quiz to test their understanding.
To successfully complete the course and receive a certificate of completion with CE authentication codes, participants must achieve a score of 70% or higher on the final quiz. This certificate will contribute to the required CE credits needed for recertification with the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution (CBSPD) and the Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) programs.
CE Requirements for Recertification:
CBSPD: Professionals must accumulate continuing education credits over a five-year period to maintain certification. Approved educational activities, such as this course, count towards these credits.
CRCST: Technicians need to earn 12 CE credits annually, with each credit representing one hour of education. This ensures that professionals stay current with advancements in sterile processing practices.
By completing this course, participants will not only enhance their knowledge and skills but also fulfill part of their recertification requirements, ensuring they remain competent and up-to-date in their field.
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- Sterilization Methods: Steam and Dry Heat Unlimited