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Decontamination of Reusable Clinical, Laboratory and Medical Equipment Course & Certification
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Decontamination of Reusable Clinical, Laboratory and Medical Equipment training provides healthcare and laboratory professionals with the knowledge required to safely clean, disinfect, sterilize, inspect, and maintain reusable equipment while reducing the risk of cross-contamination and healthcare-associated infections. It covers regulatory requirements, decontamination principles, validation, documentation, and quality assurance to support safe and effective equipment reprocessing.
This Decontamination of Reusable Clinical, Laboratory and Medical Equipment Training Course & Certification provides essential knowledge on cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, infection prevention and control, equipment handling and storage, validation and monitoring, documentation, risk management, and industry best practices. Upon successful completion, learners receive a certification demonstrating their understanding of decontamination processes, regulatory compliance, and safe reuse of clinical, laboratory, and medical equipment.
Who Should Enrol?
- Healthcare Professionals involved in equipment reprocessing
- Laboratory Personnel and Technicians
- Sterile Services Department (SSD/CSSD) Staff
- Infection Prevention and Control Professionals
- Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Professionals
- Medical Device Manufacturers and Service Personnel
- Clinical Engineers and Biomedical Technicians
- Anyone responsible for the cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, or maintenance of reusable clinical, laboratory, and medical equipment
What you will learn
Understand the principles of decontamination, including cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization, and their role in preventing infection and ensuring patient safety.
Learn regulatory requirements, applicable standards, risk management principles, and the responsibilities of personnel involved in decontamination processes.
Develop knowledge of decontamination workflows, equipment handling, inspection, packaging, storage, validation, monitoring, and documentation practices.
Gain an understanding of quality assurance, infection prevention, process traceability, and best practices for maintaining reusable clinical, laboratory, and medical equipment.
Course Syllabus
- Why we decontaminate — the eight purposes
- Key terminology — contamination, cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation
- Cleaning as the physical removal of contamination
- Disinfection — reducing microbial load, contact time and compatibility
- Visible cleanliness is not proof of microbiological safety
- Decontamination as a lifecycle, not a single step
- Decontamination versus pharmaceutical cleaning validation
- Case Study — Fundamentals applied at Northbridge
- Knowledge Check
- Why risk assessment comes first
- Common contamination sources and returned-equipment risks
- Categorising by intended use: non-critical, semi-critical, critical
- Limitations of categorisation systems
- Reusable versus single-use and manufacturer labelling
- Reviewing the manufacturer Instructions For Use (IFU)
- Equipment of unknown status — the default is quarantine
- Case Study — Centrifuge with suspected biological contamination
- Knowledge Check
- Why receiving is a high-risk step
- Advance notification and the decontamination status declaration
- Safe packaging, transport and chain of custody
- Receipt and the initial inspection sequence
- Quarantine — locations, labels and segregation
- Identification, traceability and cold-chain excursions
- Responding to unexpected hazards — leaks, sharps, spills
- Case Study — Infusion pump with no declaration; leaking container
- Knowledge Check
- The cleaning-and-disinfection control chain
- Preparation, PPE and a segregated work area
- Pre-cleaning and safe removal of visible material
- Cleaning agents, compatibility, residue and rinsing
- Disinfectant selection — spectrum and approved use
- Concentration and contact time from approved instructions only
- Technique, hard-to-clean areas and protecting electronics
- Case Study — Data logger immersion restriction; damaged monitor
- Knowledge Check
- A framework for any equipment type and when to escalate
- Infusion pumps — channels, clamps and compatibility
- Monitoring equipment — leads, cables and connectors
- Refrigerators, freezers and centrifuges
- Temperature data loggers and diagnostic analysers
- Reusable kit components, transport containers and cases
- Hard-to-clean areas and compatibility cautions across types
- Case Study — Data logger and refrigerator release decisions
- Knowledge Check
- When routine disinfection may or may not be sufficient
- High-level disinfection as a controlled process
- When sterilisation may be required — a high-level overview
- The safety boundary — recognition, not operation
- Recognising when internal processing is inappropriate
- Controlling outsourced decontamination providers
- Single-use device restrictions and unauthorised reuse
- Case Study — Suspected contamination, outsourcing, single-use device
- Knowledge Check
- Hazards in decontamination and the hierarchy of control
- Selecting PPE from the risk assessment
- Donning, doffing, hand hygiene and PPE limitations
- COSHH as a statutory duty; safety data sheets
- Never mixing incompatible products; storage and labelling
- Body-fluid contamination, spills and sharps response
- Waste segregation, duty of care and exposure reporting
- Case Study — Responding to the leaking transport container
- Knowledge Check
- The inspection-to-release sequence — the final gate
- Post-process inspection and non-invasive functional checks
- The release decision — release, reject, repair or dispose
- Decontamination records, sign-off and traceability
- Documenting deviations and the Stop-Quarantine-Consult-Escalate-Document rule
- CAPA for systemic failures
- Training, competency evidence and preparing for audit
- Case Study — Missing contact-time record; release decision
- Knowledge Check and Final Examination
- 📘 Bonus: Decontamination of Reusable Clinical, Laboratory and Medical Equipment eBook (Free with purchase)
Course Benefits
Free eBook
Get our exclusive eBook with every purchase - a complete companion guide to the course, yours to keep forever
CPD Points
Gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points, accredited by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. These can be used to count towards the distance learning element of any scheme that comes under the umbrella of The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges or any other scheme for which there is mutual recognition.
Certification
Receive a personal certificate to show your subject knowledge on course completion.
Affordable
You get excellent value through our cost-effective prices. We can also offer you group discounts on larger purchases.
Flexibility
The course saves you time through the convenience of online availability. This lets you complete the interactive course at your own comfort.
Keep Up to Date
You will stay up to date with any changes to the MHRA Managing Medical Devices guidance, HTM 01-01, the COSHH Regulations 2002 (as amended), ISO 17664-1 and 17664-2, and UK and EU medical device regulations, as our training courses are constantly monitored, reviewed and updated.
Learn from Industry Experts
The course content reflects current decontamination, infection prevention and control, quality assurance and medical device regulatory practice, and is written and reviewed by subject specialists to ensure learners can apply safe, IFU-led decision making to real returned equipment.
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