COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course consists of 22 sessions, divided into 15 videos and 5 units. Each session is pre-recorded and made available at ballancesolutions.com. The duration of each video/session will depend on the subject at hand. Final exam is delivered upon completion of all sessions. The planned time-frame to complete the course is 1 month.

ELEGIBILITY

• Be an O.R. or Scrub Nurse, or work within the Sterilization Department.
• Be familiarized with surgical instruments.
• Be willing to further your knowledge in surgical instruments.
• Be eager to improve your performance in daily tasks and routines in regards to surgical instruments.
• Have the desire to innovate your hospital’s protocols and procedures in regards to handling, cleaning, maintaining and storing surgical instruments.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of precision instrument manufacture, care and identification of surgical instruments.
• Develop or improve local hospital guidelines on decontamination, packaging, sterilization and infection control procedures.

EVALUATIONS

• At the completion of each video, learners must take the 5-minute quiz.
• At the end of each unit, learners will be required to take a 30-minute unit test.
• At the end of the course, learners will take the final exam.
• Minimum passing grade is 80%. Once course has been completed, a diploma will be made available as PDF document.

ETHICS

As this is an online, self-administered course, participants must understand the necessity of self-reliability and compliance, as well as dedication and honesty through each step of the process.

OBJECTIVES

• Provide basic knowledge of precision instrument manufacturing and identification.
• Provide basic knowledge of precision instrument care, handling and maintenance.
• Improve quality of inspection and care of instruments.
• Improve methods of testing instruments.
• Evaluate each instrument for serviceability and longevity.
• Reduce down-time, instrument loss and cost of instrument replacement.
• Provide a troubleshooting guide on instrument problem identification.