Reprocessing of Reusable Medical Devices

The ACIPC video series on AS 5369:2023 Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and other devices in health and non-health related facilities, is designed to guide IPC professionals and those working in hospitals and healthcare facilities, office-based practices, veterinary clinics and non-medical facilities through the key aspects of this standard.

Presented by Terry McAuley, the videos explain the principles and practices of reprocessing reusable medical devices and key points to help with understanding the complexities of the standard.

Published in 2023, this standard expands its scope to include both health and non-health related facilities, emphasizing a risk-based approach to ensure patient safety and operational efficiency.

The video series

Throughout this video series topics explored include,

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, facility manager, or involved in the reprocessing of medical devices, this video series will guide your understanding of the principles which underpin the new Standard AS5369:2023.

About the presenter

Terry McAuley, Director STEAM Consulting Pty Ltd

MSc Medical Device Decontamination; Grad Dip Education and Training; Cert Mgt Decontamination Reusable Medical Devices (UK); Cert Sterilization and Infection Control; Cert Perioperative Nursing; Cert Operating Suite Management; RN; MACIPC, MACORN, MCNA

Terry is a passionate advocate for the achievement of best practice in reprocessing reusable medical devices and is committed to sharing her knowledge with her colleagues and peers. She achieved her Master of Science, Medical Device Decontamination from the University of Highlands and Islands over a decade ago. Her dissertation topic was Reprocessing Of ‘Single Use’ Orthopaedic Implants: A Study on the Effects of Repeated Reprocessing on Single-Use Screws in Screw Caddies.

Terry has extensive expertise in reprocessing reusable medical devices; and infection prevention and control across a range of practice settings and has undertaken infection prevention and control and reprocessing surveys/audits for all public Hospitals in Victoria, NT and South Australia, including surveys of Oral Health Services in the NT and ACT and has completed consultancy work for many public and private acute care facilities in Australia, New Zealand and internationally.

Terry wrote the latest update to the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines HPU B.190 Sterilizing Services and Endoscope Reprocessing Units, authored the infection prevention and control guidelines for podiatrists and contributed Chapter 16 Disinfection and Sterilisation in the textbook Healthcare-Associated Infections in Australia – Principles and Practices of Infection Prevention and Control. And represented ACIPC on the Standards Australia Committee HE-023 responsible for AS/NZS4187 and AS/NZS4815 for over 20 years and participated in ISO Standards Working Groups 3, 6 and 12 during this period.