Join us on April 20 at 1 p.m. CT

Indicators of Safety: Chemical and Steam Integrators
Integrators, indicators, tomato, tomahto, right? In this webinar, we’ll demonstrate how indicators and integrators are used to help assure sterility, in their own ways. One fact remains clear; that sterile processing professionals count on a variety of indicators that demonstrate if our processes, practices, and equipment are achieving the sterile results our patients need to have an infection free surgery.

About the Speaker

Sarah Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CIS

Sarah B. Cruz, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CIS and a certified CSSNerd! As a career strategist with her company PRETREAT CSS, she and sterile processing professionals work together to create objective driven goals in their professional development so they can onboard into their sterile processing career mindset. She shares her passion as an industry speaker, published writer, social media enthusiast, mentor and CTSPA Chapter President and HSPA Director. Sarah is a sterile processing instructor at her local community college and a CS Quality Education Program Development Coordinator in her full time role. She enjoys creating competencies and quality management systems while implementing standard work through lean processes. Sarah believes that if sterile processing is the heart of the hospital then the technicians are the pulse! It is time to bring the industry to the frontline and put the CSS in SUCCESS!

Webinar Learning Objectives

• Identify chemical and steam integrators
• Determine the difference between indicators and integrators
• Understand the class system used for types of sterility indicators
• Evaluate the use of chemical and steam integrators for sterilization

Webinar will be delivered in English.