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Elevating safety, protecting instruments, and building patient trust

Continuing education credits will vary | In-person & Hands-on | Limited capacity

$1,000 per person | $1,500 for two people from the same office

On Nov. 29 & 30, 2025, join this dynamic course designed to take your infection prevention to the next level. Through practical training and evidence-based strategies, you'll learn how to safeguard patients, extend the life of your instruments, and strengthen your practice's reputation for excellence. Elevate your confidence and your patient care, with sterilization done right.

What you will learn

Developed by leading experts, with institutional and clinically applied experience, this course upholds infection prevention protocol. This course will be delivered in a combined lecture and workshop format. Participants will learn a consistent approach to applying quality and safety in the reprocessing of medical devices. This course includes a theoretical review, clinical demonstrations and hands-on components.

Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Apply basic infection prevention and control principles and practices to everyday practice.
• Safely and effectively transport, disassemble, clean, disinfect, assemble, function test, package, and sterilize medical devices in a community setting.
• Perform quality assurance testing measures to ensure medical devices are safe to use.
• Understand the minimum required documentation of reprocessing activities.
• Understand the requirements for routine and preventative maintenance of all automated reprocessing equipment, including basic troubleshooting.
• Reduce their oral health-care office's exposure to risks.

 

Questions?

Contact us at dentce@ualberta.ca

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Pricing and details

Class format

The course is held in person at the Kaye Edmonton Clinic on the º£½ÇÉçÇø campus. It runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MST on both days.

Syllabus

Bring theory to practice through:

• Live demonstrations of procedures enhance your understanding of their application.
• Hands-on workshops allow you to practice techniques under expert guidance.
• Q&A with experts to clarify doubts and gain insights from their expertise.
• Networking opportunities with fellow participants to foster valuable professional connections.

Upon completing the online course and attending the in-person session, you'll be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience to confidently integrate sterilization techniques into your practice.

Prerequisites

• Currently working in the oral health-care field in any capacity

Please note that sterilization assisting involves long hours of standing and walking. You should also be able to comfortably lift, push, or pull up to 25 lbs.

Refunds

Participants will not be eligible for a refund or withdrawal of the program once access to the online eClass curriculum has been granted. If a participant chooses to request a refund or withdraw from the program, a 20% admissions fee will be deducted.

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Agenda

Day one

Foundations, infection control and decontamination

Morning session | 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

• Course introduction and orientation
  • Welcome, agenda, learning objectives
  • Expectations and safety considerations
• Module one: Infection prevention and control (IPAC), and occupational health and safety (OHS)
  • Chain of infection and spaulding classification
  • Hand hygiene: Four moments, alcohol-based hand rub vs soap/water
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE): Donning and doffing protocols
  • Environmental cleaning and sterilization workflow
  • OHS: Safety data sheets (SDSs), sharps, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Hands-on lab: PPE and hand hygiene
  • Practice donning/doffing PPE and performing effective hand hygiene
• Module one progress test
• Module two introduction: Point-of-use and soiled device handling
  • Initial cleaning responsibilities
  • Transport containers and SOPs

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Afternoon session | 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Module two continued: Cleaning and disinfection
  • Manual vs automated cleaning
  • Quality assessments (QA) of ultrasonic and instrument washers
  • Drying and disinfection procedures
  • Liquid chemical high-level disinfection (HLD): Process, documentation, and storage
• Hands-on lab: Cleaning, QA testing and HLD techniques
  • Sinclair will provide examples of fail/pass QA tests and review potential failures with class
• Module two progress test
• SOP scenarios
  • Real-world decontamination SOPs

Day two

Packaging, sterilization and QA monitoring

Morning session | 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

• Module three: Inspection, assembly, and packaging
  
  • Identifying damage, stains, and complex device components
  • Assembly, lubrication, and function testing
  • Packaging: Pouches, wraps, and cassettes
• Hands-on lab: Inspection, assembly, and labelling
  
  • Practice inspection (different stains), functional testing, and packaging
• Module three progress test
• Module four introduction: Steam sterilization basics
  
  • Steam sterilization principles
  • Installation qualification (IQ), operational qualification (OQ), and performance qualification (PQ)
  • Negative air removal tests (DART)
  • Biological indicators (BI) and chemical indicators (CI)

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Afternoon session | 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Module four continued: Loading, monitoring, and storage
  
  • Loading and unloading techniques
  • Troubleshooting wet packs and failed sterilization
  • Storage standards and documentation
• Module four progress test
• Final exam

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