Sterile Processing: Are Your Patients Safe?

Learn how quality management principles, infection prevention practices, and regulatory requirements work together to strengthen sterile processing performance and support safer patient care. The course serves specifically to help organizations prepare for Advanced Sterile Processing Certification.

Strengthen compliance and safety through effective sterile processing operations

This practical course guides participants to strengthen sterile processing practices by focusing on compliance, quality management, infection prevention, and process improvement. 

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of sterile processing requirements and learn how to apply quality management principles to support safe, consistent reprocessing operations.

Specifically, the course prepares teams to successfully support organizational achievement of DNV’s Advanced Sterile Processing Certification.

What you'll learn

This course explores how organizations can improve sterile processing performance through a quality management system approach while supporting compliance with regulatory requirements. Participants will learn how to:

  • Support organizational achievement of DNV’s Advanced Sterile Processing Certification
  • Understand regulatory requirements related to infection prevention in sterile processing, including immediate use steam sterilization (IUSS) practices
  • Identify risks and opportunities for improvement throughout the sterile processing lifecycle
  • Evaluate sterile processing processes for consistency, effectiveness, and regulatory compliance
  • Apply quality management system principles to sterile processing operations
  • Recognize how sterile processing activities support infection prevention, patient safety, and organizational quality objectives
  • Implement strategies that strengthen process control, accountability, and continual improvement
  • Support safe patient care through effective reprocessing practices and operational oversight

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for professionals involved in sterile processing, infection prevention, quality management, compliance, and patient safety, including:

  • Sterile processing department leaders and technicians
  • Infection prevention professionals
  • Quality and patient safety leaders
  • Accreditation and compliance professionals
  • Surgical services leaders
  • Operating room managers
  • Healthcare administrators and operational leaders

Organizations seeking to improve sterile processing performance, strengthen regulatory compliance, and enhance patient safety will benefit from this program.