WLA - Infection Prevention System Orientation Module 6: Sterile Processing

New Infection Preventionists need to receive standardized, system-level guidance about best practices to ensure sterility; point of use treatment of instruments; cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilization; reprocessing of single-use devices; mitigation strategies; and auditing and checklists. This enables them to act as the subject matter expert about best practices to ensure sterility, which promotes staff and patient safety.

Target Audience

Infection Preventionists

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe appropriate resources for cleaning, disinfecting, and sterilization.
  • List the steps for sterilizer failure investigation and recall processes.
  • Describe scope culturing as it relates to High-Level Disinfection.
  • List audit tools and checklists.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
    • 1.00 Patient Safety/Risk Management
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
02/26/2024
Course expires: 
02/26/2027
Wolff Learning Academy
United States

Planning Committee:    Lisa R. Bauccio, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, Programmatic Nurse Specialist Wolff Center at UPMC

Course Directors: 

  • Melissa Borza, MS, CCC-SLP, Project Manager, Infection Prevention Wolff Center at UPMC
  • Rebecca Glista, MSN, RN, CIC, Senior Infection Preventionist II Wolff Center at UPMC
  • Suzanne Wagester, MSN, RN, Director, Infection Prevention Wolff Center at UPMC
  • Lisa R. Bauccio, MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, Programmatic Nurse Specialist Wolff Center at UPMC

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Joint Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing Credits (ANCC)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

All presenters’ disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above.  No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
    • 1.00 Patient Safety/Risk Management
  • 1.00 Attendance
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