Guideline Update: Sterilization 2025
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September 10, 2026Navigate
Overview
Specialties
PerioperativeClinical Topics
SurgeryThe Guideline for Sterilization provides guidance for perioperative teams about sterilizing reusable medical devices to be used in perioperative and procedural settings. A systematic review of the current literature was conducted on this topic, and this guideline was updated. The relevant key takeaways and changes to the guideline will be presented in this webinar.
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss changes to guideline recommendations.
2. Describe examples of guideline key takeaways in practice.
3. Discuss implementation strategies for guideline updates.
Speakers
Amber is a Senior Perioperative Practice Specialist at AORN where she has served as lead author of several guidelines. She offers clinical information to members via the AORN Consult Line and contributes regularly to the Clinical Issues column in the AORN Journal. Amber has served as a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), liaison to the CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), and is a fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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