Round Table - 6thWebinar - Challenges of Medical Device Reprocessing

PANEL SPEAKERS

This is the sixth and last webinar dedicated to the “Challenges of Medical Device Reprocessing”, presented by ASP Continuous Education.

24th February 2022

Prof. Francesco Venneri | Clinical Risk Manager and Patient Safety Officer | Florence Healthcare System, Italy

Prof. Jon Otter | Honorary Senior Lecturer in HCAI AMR | Imperial College London

Mrs. Moya Alexander | Decontamination Lead | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Mrs. Soraia Pedroso | Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Lead Infection Prevention and Control | Nurse at Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Lisbon

Eng. Jonathan Hart | Head of Technological Innovation and Health Technology Assessment | Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital, Rome

MAIN TOPICS

MEDICAL DEVICE REPROCESSING

FROM HISTORY TO CURRENT CONCEPTS OF GOOD PRACTICE

HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

RELATED WITH MEDICAL DEVICE REPROCESSING

ROBOTIC AND LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY MD REPROCESSING:

PITFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVED SAFETY

THE CHALLENGE OF ENDOSCOPIC REPROCESSING:

MOVING TOWARDS HIGHER STANDARDS

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

FOR MD REPROCESSING IMPROVEMENT

TEASER

WEBINAR STATISTICS

AUDIENCE FEEBACK

Today's summary webinar with all speakers from the whole series was really straight to the point and very interesting and useful!

Fantastic webinar! Thanks to all panelists for their insightful resume and key takeaways.

Congrats on the very well-rounded webinar cycle!

SPEAKER QUOTE

"According to the latest ECRI report, Device Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization is on the top 10 of Patient Safety Concerns."

TAKE HOME
MESSAGES

Correct reprocessing steps and their knowledge are weapons against SSIs and assure patient trustworthiness in healthcare institutions.
A look at medical device decontamination of the future: As medical devices become more complicated, the risks of inadequate decontamination are likely to grow; we need to embrace the latest systems to ensure the
safest possible decontamination.
There are challenges with minimal invasive surgeries and robotic instruments and they are extremely expensive.
Quality assessment of the reprocessing process is mandatory and essential to ensure compliance with guidelines. ATP is a good marker for the cleaning
HTA combines the appraisal of the technological, clinical, economic and organizational factors of reprocessing.

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