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ALTERNATIVES TO ETHYLENE OXIDE – HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLASMA

ALTERNATIVES TO ETHYLENE OXIDE – HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLASMA. PRESENTED BY MARILYN CONDE, CCRST, MAOM, FCSP. WORK EXPERIENCE :. Manager, Material Management at St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, Ca. for the past 15 years. Past President and Co-Founder of the

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ALTERNATIVES TO ETHYLENE OXIDE – HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLASMA

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  1. ALTERNATIVES TO ETHYLENE OXIDE – HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLASMA PRESENTED BY MARILYN CONDE, CCRST, MAOM, FCSP

  2. WORK EXPERIENCE: • Manager, Material Management at • St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, Ca. • for the past 15 years. • Past President and Co-Founder of the • California Central Service Association. • Currently the Education Director of CCSA • Has worked in the Central Service area • for the last 20 years.

  3. HISTORY OF ETO AT ST. FRANCIS • Old Technology • South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 1405 • St. Francis Medical Centers response to Rule 1450

  4. HISTORY (CONTINUED) • Joslyn ETO Sterilizer and Recovery System • Reasons for the purchase (1991) • Installation (1992) • How items were sterilized during construction • How has it worked?

  5. 2004 – WHY CHANGE? • ETO today • Cost of ETO • Environmental Monitoring • Personnel Monitoring • Turn around time of sterilized goods • Safety issues • Fees • Preventative Maintenance and service

  6. CASE TO ADMINISTRATION FOR CHANGE • Obtain information from company manufacturing the Sterrad unit • Complete the Capital Budget forms to accounting and COO for approval • Write up the justification for the unit • Submit a Business Case to go to the DOCHS Board of Directors for final approval

  7. WHY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLASMA? • No SCAQMD Fees • No personnel monitoring • No annual source testing • No ETO cylinder rentals • Ease of use • 2-3 hour turn around time for good

  8. SUCCESS MEASURES • There will be a positive impact on savings in the operations budget • Safety of the associates in Central Service using this unit • Safety of the patients, nurses and physicians using the processed items from the unit

  9. WHERE ARE WE NOW? WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? • Submission of the Major Expenditure Request Form • Write PO and order unit • Set up Planning meetings for the installation • Education of Associates

  10. REMEMBER… • In California, all ETO records (load information, associate monitoring, source testing, etc.) must be maintained for 30 years. • This is per Title 8

  11. QUESTIONS??? You can contact me at: Office & voice mail -(310) 900-8402 Fax – (310) 764-1321 E-Mail – MarilynConde@DOCHS.org

  12. THANK YOU.

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