The recent Webinar Wednesday session “HTM Professionals’ Role on a Patient Safe Endoscope” was presented by Healthmark Industries Special Projects Manager Jahan Azizi. The session was sponsored by Healthmark Industries and eligible for 1 credit from the ACI.
It was a popular webinar with 247 individuals registered for the session.
In this 60-minute webinar, Azizi provided an overview of the HTM professional’s role as it pertains to patient safety with a specific focus on safety-related endoscopes. He discussed the importance of reporting requirements to the FDA with examples of reported problems and how preventative maintenance (PM) can help with preventing potential harm to patients from the compromised endoscope.
The webinar also discussed what HTM professionals do as well as medical devices and the different types. Azizi discussed the role of HTM professionals in the hospital as related to patient safety. He addressed reporting and why is it important.
He also shared insights regarding endoscope clinical use and history, scope design (angles, internal lumens, etc.) and a look inside the endoscope.
Azizi explored technologies that require PM and expertise of the HTM professionals, the endoscope leak test, enhanced inspection technologies and sample extraction devices for chemical testing.
As part of his presentation, Azizi opened the floor to questions. One attendee asked, “What are examples of HTM and SPD success stories?”
“This is one of those questions that if you don’t have problems, you do a great job and nobody knows about it,” he said. “So, sometimes I think that if you haven’t been in the hotline of your local newspaper, you’re in good shape.”
He added that it is important to work with others.
“We collaborated with FDA, with medical device manufacturers – those that were willing to do that. So, I think clearly that collaboration is the key,” he said.
He added that when he attends the AAMI conference, he makes a point to interact with the committees and check on standards and guidelines.
Attendees provided feedback regarding the webinar via a survey. One question attendees answered was, “How has Webinar Wednesday helped you in your career?”
“Keeps me up to date with what is going on in other areas and helps in making sure we are doing all the right things to ensure the safety of our patients,” Endoscopy Tech Janet Woodland said.
“Provides a broad-based general education involving many topics,” Certified Biomedical Technician Glenn Fraser said.
“This particular webinar was outstanding in tying together technical details with the clinical engineering role in patient safety. I am really impressed with the quality of the Webinar Wednesday for continuing education,” Biomedical Engineer Emily Salmon said.
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