Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and equipment in the aged care setting

Wednesday 17 December 2025, 2.00PM AEDT

Speaker: Terry McAuley – Director – Steam Consulting  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

Reprocessing of reusable medical devices and equipment in the aged care setting

Reusable medical devices are used on a day-to-day basis in the delivery of healthcare across a range of practice settings. Medical devices can be categorised as critical, semi-critical or non-critical and it is essential for health professionals to be able to confidently assess which category a medical device belongs to in order to ensure that these devices are cleaned, and where necessary disinfected correctly between patient uses. This presentation will:

About the speaker: 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 represented ACIPC on the Standards Australia Committee HE-023 responsible for AS/NZS4187 and AS/NZS4815 (now AS5369) for over 20 years. Terry contributed Chapter 16 Disinfection and Sterilisation in the textbook Healthcare-Associated Infections In Australia – Principles and Practices of Infection Prevention and Control. Terry has extensive expertise in reprocessing reusable medical devices; and infection prevention and control across a range of practice settings and has authored the ApodA Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Podiatrists and a number of other IPC and reprocessing resources during her career.

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