This course will introduce the student to the processes of decontamination and disinfection within the Sterile Processing Department. The student will learn about the tools required to clean, decontaminate, and disinfect items that are the responsibility of the Sterile Processing Department. The students will learn the decontamination processes that will protect the items used during daily patient care procedures as well as the processes required to protect the people and environment that may be contaminated by contact with those items. The students will learn the basic cleaning protocol of contaminated items and how to properly prepare those items for sterilization. The students will learn the procedures for disinfection and the correct application of chemical disinfectants and how it relates to infection prevention and control. Instruction on surgical instrumentation to include complex surgical instrumentation will be provided as it relates to the decontamination and disinfection processes.
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