Develop Training, in conjunction with AVM Services, has announced the re-launch of its Sterilisation / Decontamination training courses from its Burn Hall site near York.
To “make customers’ training budgets go that extra mile”, the company has reduced its prices by up to 25%, and unveiled a new open course programme through to December 2011 which it says will “cover all customers’ sterilisation requirements”. (Visit www.developtraining.co.uk/healthestates, or call 0800 876 6708 for more details.
The company said: “The key priority for healthcare organisations is patient safety.
The Policies and Principles section of Health Technical Memorandum 00, Best Practice Guidance for Healthcare Engineering, describes the structure and the core suite of nine subject areas for guidance, of which the HTM 01 suite refers to decontamination. Decontamination plays an important part in patient safety, and organisations such as the Care Quality Commission and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provide a regulatory framework and guidance for the promotion of good health.
“Improving and sustaining reusable medical device decontamination services forms an important part of the strategy to combat healthcare-associated infection. Healthcare organisations are required to provide a safe decontamination service that generates a clean and sterile product and is embedded as part of the service culture in support of successful clinical outcomes and the associated wellbeing of patients and staff.
“Section 4 of HTM 01 part A states: ‘It is essential that personnel at all levels have a sound general knowledge of the principles, design, and functions, of decontamination equipment. They should be trained on those types and models of equipment with which they are concerned. They should have some knowledge of the basic elements of microbiology in order to ensure personal safety, safety of others, and general safety. Training given to individuals should be recorded and reviewed regularly’.”
