The recent OR Today webinar “Is it Really Clean? ATP Contamination Monitoring” broke records with the most registrations this year. The webinar had 697 individual register for the session and had the most live attendees for a webinar this year.
The webinar was sponsored by Ruhof. This webinar is eligible for 1 CE credit. OR Today has been approved and is licensed to be a Continuing Education Provider with the California Board of Registered Nurses, License #16623.
The webinar presenter was Robert B. Dybec, BSN, RN, MS, CNOR, OR nurse manager at NYU Long Island Hospital in New York. He is also a consultant to Ruhof. During his presentation, he explained the history of ATP contamination monitoring in terms of its application to reducing healthcare-acquired infections. He compared ATP monitoring technology to other available methods of evaluating the effectiveness of environmental and medical device cleaning. Dybec also described how ATP contamination monitoring can help standardize cleaning practices in the health care setting.
Additional insights were shared during an information question-and-answer session.
A recording of the webinar, including the Q&A session, is available for on-demand viewing at ORTodayWebinars.live. The webinar is free.
Attendees provided feedback and comments about the webinar via a survey.
“Great webinar. Thank you for making the information digestible,” said Melody Mena, infection preventionist, Oro Valley Hospital.
One question on the survey was, “Why do you love being a perioperative professional?”
“As an infection preventionist all OR areas are on my radar and key to patient safety and harm,” said Maureen Harris, infection prevention and control manager, Milford Regional Medical Center.
“Patient care – being able to make a difference in a person’s life while they are under my care,” said Terri DelCoco, clinical coordinator, University of Maryland Surgery Center.
“The trust and relationship built with the doctors, anesthesiologist/CRNA, techs, nurses and the trust the patient is giving to us caring for them during their surgery/procedure,” shared May Fallon, RN, OVAMC.
“The technology, the challenges that we face every day in every way!” exclaimed Osama Alsadawi, MST, VA Connecticut Healthcare System.
For more information, visit ORTodayWebinars.live.
