Censis' Professional Education
Earn Free Healthcare CEUsLearn from healthcare industry experts and earn your yearly CEs - for free! Stay in touch with current events, such as UDI governance and AAMI compliance, while continuing to build proficiency with data management and leadership roles - our CE-approved courses provide you the ability to grow.
At Censis, we embrace the team experience by understanding that through nurturing the individual you provide for the community. This is why we’re proud to provide you with industry-certified continuing education opportunities.
From articles to on-demand videos, you’ll learn from healthcare professionals, surgical tracking experts, and other diverse industry experts on what’s trending, as well as keep you in compliance with your yearly recertification credits.
Beginning with you, we can continue to learn, grow, and rise to meet the changing tides.
On-Demand Continuing Education Events
All Programs are Accredited for IAHCSMM, CBSPD, CNOR, CSSM, and CNS-CP
All programs are approved for 1 contact hour by CCI, 2170 South Parker Road, Suite 120, Denver, Colorado 80231. Provider approved by the California Board of Nursing, Provider #CEP 15613. Activities approved by CCI are recognized as continuing education for registered nurses.
COVID-19 Impact Panel
Panel, hosted by Beyond Clean:
- Marie Brewer, SPD Manager @ UnityPoint Health Cedar Rapids
- Jill Holdsworth, Manager, Infection Prevention @ Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta
- Kelly Swails, Senior Clinical Educator @ Censis Technologies
- Melanie Perry, RN @ University Hospital
| Credits: 1 CE
Adjacency and the Future of Sterile Processing
Presenter: Peter Nichol, MD, PhD | Credits: 1 CE
Practiced Leadership: Concepts Translated into Practical Applications
Presenter: Lieutenant General Keith M. Huber | Credits: 1 CE
Education is Changing: The Need for Lifelong Learning
Presenter: Jim Stobinski, Ph.D. RN CNOR CSSM (E) | Credits: 1 CE
The Importance of Effective Interdepartmental Relationships: SPD & OR
Presenter: J. Vincent Sanchez, CRCST | Credits: 1 CE
Tracking Medical Devices Using The Unique Device Identifier (UDI)
Presenter: Jean Sargent, CMRP, FAHRMM, FCS | Credits: 1 CE
Quality and Compliance when Processing High-Level Disinfected Items
Presenter: Kelly Swails, MA, CRCST, CHL, CIS, CER, ST | Credits: 1 CE
Lean and Perioperative Services: The Perfect Patient Safety Partners
Presenter: Rachel Mandel, MD MHA and Robert Klym | Credits: 1.5 CE
Leadership and Conflict Management: Dealing with Difficult People During Difficult Times
Presenter: Derek Murray, MSL | Credits: 1.5 CE
Dirty Data: How to Clean and Optimize Your Department Data
Presenters: Amy Wooldridge, Sr. Business Analyst and Madeline Wooldridge, Business Analyst | Credits: 1 CE
How to Remain AAMI Compliant and Joint Commission Ready with an Electronic Tracking System
Presenters: Jacob Long, CCSVP and Jeff Rockett, CSSM, CNOR | Credits: 1.5 CE
Loaner Management: Getting the Most out of Loaner Management
Presenters: Susie Martin and Jason Blake | Credits: 1 CE
Continuing Education Articles
Where are YOU Harboring Germs and Viruses
What you'll learn:
- Explain the relationship between hygiene and personal safety
- Address considerations pertaining to workplace attire, personal belongings, and hygiene
- Review challenges that may impact proper hygiene and attire
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Robotic Instruments: Evolving Surgical Technologies Require Evolving Sterile Processing Through Data-Management
What you'll learn:
- Explain robotics as the next progression in surgical history
- Address data-driven risk mitigation
- Review evolution of technology in surgery and SPD
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Quality Assurance for Assessing Cleaning Processes
What you'll learn:
- Define AAMI ST 79:2017
- Explain how AAMI ST 79:2017 impacts quality assurance standards for assessing cleaning processes
- Apply Sterile Processing procedures for increased quality and control for assurance standard
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The Future of SPD Education is Small, but Mighty: How Content Delivery will Change the Way Technicians Learn
What you'll learn:
- Identify the current methods of SPD education
- Learn how technology is changing and shaping the education delivery in the sterile processing field
- Define how new methods of education could make an impact in your SPD department
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Leadership is Key to Employee Engagement
What you'll learn:
- Define leadership and the relation to employee engagement
- Identify what makes a good leader
- Explain the benefits of employee engagement
Quality Audits: The Importance of Auditing your Sterilization Records
What you'll learn:
- Understand the importance of quality audits and how they contribute to protecting patients and staff
- Learn what you should be reviewing to validate a processed load has complete documentation
- Explain the quality improvement process
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Inspection of Insulated Instruments
What you'll learn:
- Understand the importance of proper inspection, cleaning and maintenance of insulated instruments
- Review the new AAMI guidelines: Amendments A1:2020, A2:2020, A3:2020, A4:2020
- Learn how to implement a robust inspection program to include using insulation testers and an instrument tracking software at your facility
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Learning from Data & How Data Can Learn from Us: Balancing Technology & Awareness
What you'll learn:
- Understand the primary data minefields SPDs struggle with today.
- Learn how technology can improve important sterile processing data points.
- Identify how technology can learn from SPD members with industry experience, wisdom and instinct.
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