Jose Rodriguez
The July 6 presentation of the OR Today webinar “Biomarker Technologies and Bioburden Detection: Elements to Consider in the Surgical Processing Department” was sponsored by Ruhof. The popular topic drew 121 registrations with 58 logged in for the webinar.
In this 60-minute webinar, expert Jose Rodriguez, Assistant Professor for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Program of Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, discussed the assessment of cleanliness in surgical instruments reprocessing. He discussed understanding the negative outcomes of contaminated surgical instruments, describing the qualities of an effective point-of-use cleaning detection system, and using the information learned to determine which system could best meet an organization’s needs.
Attendees provided feedback via a survey. Comments from attendees included:
“Very informative, the speaker spoke clearly, and in an enthusiastic manner. He was extremely knowledgeable on the topic,” said Mattie Farmer Clark, Cst/cfa, Truffles vein specialist.
“Very helpful as I work at a government hospital,” said Cindy Bare, RN, TVHS Nashville Campus.
“He was talking fast, but that’s good, you had to pay attention! It was a very good topic and free! Thank you!” said Debbie Timothy, lead sterile processing technician, St. James Hospital.
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