Clinical Specialist Services

Healthcare professionals are accustomed to facing new challenges on a regular basis. STERIS is committed to providing educational tools to assist in meeting these challenges.

Clinical Education
STERIS Clinical Specialists offer on-site training for STERIS equipment use and maintenance, hand washing compliance, germicide use protocols for cleaning, decontamination and sterilization of surgical instruments, and a series of programs related to infection prevention in today's healthcare environment. We offer:

Our Operator Training Programs provide technical training on the proper care, use, and preventive maintenance of STERIS products and review of parameters critical to effective operation

Clinical Consulting
These practices include decontamination, inspection, assembly, packaging, sterilization, and sterility maintenance and are a key component in infection prevention. STERIS maintains a team of experienced professionals, dedicated to the advancement of the sterile processing profession through education and innovation. Backed by 100+ years of well recognized experience in sterilization technology, STERIS Sterile Processing Consulting Services focuses resources on our core competencies.

Product and Service Offerings include:
Diagnostic Study
An objective, comprehensive survey of the complete sterilization process.

  • Review of the physical environment of the processing areas.
  • Observation of staff performance and sterile processing work practices.
  • Review of quality assurance monitoring processes.
  • Review of department education and training programs.
  • Review of competency assessment tools.
  • Analysis of supply utilization for cost saving opportunities.

JCAHO Preparation Assessment
An assessment designed to analyze a Sterile Processing Department's compliance with standards through which potential pre-survey status can be determined.

  • Review of policies and procedures.
  • Assessment of recommended practice compliance (AAMI, AORN).
  • Assessment of OSHA standards compliance associated with sterile processing.
  • Assessment of JCAHO standards compliance.
  • Observation of work practices.
  • Assessment of performance improvement process.
  • Assessment of leadership functions.
  • Analysis of standard of patient care as it relates to processing methods.
  • Review of management of the environment of care (safety, waste management, and emergency preparedness procedures).
  • Assessment of management of human resources, including staffing ratios and staff development opportunities
  • Assessment of management of information in maintaining confidentiality and data integrity associated with sterile processing activities
  • Review of infection prevention processes as they relate to decontamination, sterilization, and sterility maintenance.
Other Services
  • Short term sterile processing management
  • Project Management
  • Process improvement implementation
  • Technician training

Who Would Benefit?
  • Sterile Processing departments needing assistance in process improvement activities.
  • Sterile Processing departments interested in JCAHO pre-survey analysis.
  • Administrators interested in a thorough review and assessment of sterile processing activities and performance in their facility.
  • Sterile Processing department in need of short-term interim management assistance.
  • Sterile Processing departments in need of project implementation.
  • Sterile Processing department needing assistance with technician training.