Instrument Management and Reprocessing

Safe and efficient instrument management and reprocessing are critical components of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. Regular training, quality assurance measures, and compliance monitoring are essential to maintain high standards of instrument management and reprocessing.

Subjects covered:

• Protect patients, protect yourself
• Improving workflow in instrument reprocessing and patient changeover
• Spaulding classification for instrument management; what, why and how
• Batch control identification – linking the patient to the process