Study Guides

The study guides discuss current topics, trends and issues in today’s healthcare marketplace and offer Contact Hour credit. Review the Accreditation/Contact Hours section of each study guides for Contact Hour details.

Click on any of the titles below to read the study guide on-line. (Study guides are available in portable document format (PDF) and can be read using Adobe® Acrobat® Reader.

To receive contact hours print and fill out the Evaluation form at the end of the study guide and mail, fax or email the completed form back to STERIS.

Study Guide 1:
The Hot Issues of Flash Sterilization

Study Guide 2:
Interoperative Patient Positioning

Study Guide 3:
Lighting the Way to Surgery: What is Needed in a Surgical Light

Study Guide 4:
Care and Handling of Flexible Endoscopes

Study Guide 5:
The Care and Handling of Rigid Endoscopes

Study Guide 6:
The Essentials of Instrument Decontamination

Study Guide 7:
Skin Care and Hand Washing: Revisiting the Basics

Study Guide 9:
Alcohol Hand Sanitizer: The New Age of Hand Hygiene

Study Guide 10:
Alcohol-based handrubs: An Additional Option for Surgical Scrubs

Study Guide 12:
The Role of CS in Infection Control

Study Guide 13:
Steam Sterilization

Study Guide 15:
Perioperative Pressure Management: It's a "Sore" Subject