2018 FGI Guidelines Webinar:  Sterile Processing Department—Design and HVAC Considerations
Channel: Facility Guidelines Institute
Date: 2022-07-27

Presenters: Byron Burlingame, MS, RN, BSN, CNOR, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and Paula Wright, RN, BSN, CIC, Massachusetts General Hospital

Description: Sterile processing facility requirements have been significantly revised in the 2018 Guidelines for Design and Construction hospital and outpatient facility documents. Expanded guidance is provided for designing these critical areas to support and encourage clinical personnel to comply with current professional practice guidelines for cleaning, decontaminating, and sterilizing surgical instruments. The presenters will also discuss when a two-room sterile processing facility is required and when a single-room sterile processing facility is acceptable as well as ventilation requirements to support a dirty-to-clean workflow.

This webinar will enable viewers to:

1) Discuss the perspective of infection preventionists on what architects and engineers need to know to provide safe, efficient environments for sterile processing.
2) Explain the extent to which the perspective of designers and clinicians is addressed in AORN’s Recommended Practices for a Safe Environment of Care Part 2 and FGI’s Guidelines for Design and Construction of hospitals and outpatient facilities.
3) Describe design engineers’ approach to initial planning for sterile processing environments in hospitals and outpatient surgery facilities.
4) Explain the latest ventilation requirements for sterile processing and the Joint HVAC Task Force’s recommendations on compliance.

*Please note that continuing education credit is no longer available for this webinar.