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For the OR and Sterile Processing Departments
Agiliti offers comprehensive education, training and development opportunities related to the care, handling, storage, maintenance and repair requirements for surgical instruments, endoscopic equipment and surgical lasers. Our educational offerings and professional certification programs play an integral role in elevating the knowledge and skills of healthcare staff, and we provide tools to help address process inefficiencies, increase physician satisfaction and support high-quality surgical outcomes.
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Continuing Education
- Sterile Processing/Decontamination
- OR Infection Prevention
- Care and Handling of Surgical Equipment
- Laser Safety Training
Pre-Certification
- HSPA, formerly IAHCSMM (CRCST, CER, CHL)
- CBSPD (CSPDT)
Surgical Equipment Continuing Education
Agiliti currently provides nearly 20 self-paced continuing education courses for healthcare facility staff members in the OR and sterile processing departments. Created by our industry experts, topics cover a range of categories and subject matters. Most courses are approved for either one or two credits and are updated regularly to ensure the most up-to-date information. Please view our complete list of continuing education courses and one of our videos below.
Surgical Instrumentation
Learn how surgical instruments should be inspected and processed, as well as potential adverse events related to instrument and sterility failures.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
This guide is a self-study program intended for use by perioperative nurses, surgical technologists, surgery managers and directors, surgeons, risk managers, central service personnel and other health care professionals interested in the topic of the precleaning transportation, proper decontamination and assembly of stainless steel surgical instruments.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Students will learn about the differences between rust and stains in stainless steel instruments and their sources.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
General Education
This study guide will allow you to list the altered characteristics of a single bacterium as it becomes part of a biofilm, explain the complexity of biofilms, take necessary steps to prevent biofilm formation on instruments and describe techniques used to eliminate biofilms already present on instrumentation.
- CE credits: 2.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
All regulatory and standards bodies agree that cleaning must begin at the point of use. This course will explain the regulatory expectations as well as the reasons supporting those best practices.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Specialty Devices
Learn about how different surgical power tools are used and how best to protect them from damage.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Powered surgical instruments require a large financial investment and attention to the proper care and handling during reprocessing to protect this investment. This study guide will provide information about the different types of powered surgical instruments that healthcare professionals must understand so they can properly take care of these devices. Recommendations on reprocessing are highlighted with an emphasis on the steps needed to provide a sterile device for repeated patient use.
- CE credits: 1.0
- • Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Minimally Invasive Equipment
Learn about the history, development and advantages of minimally invasive surgery. Additionally, students will learn how to prevent biofilms and laparoscopic burns through proper cleaning and inspection.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Learn the best handling techniques to help prevent damage to flexible endoscopes.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Although flexible endoscopes appear to be very simple, they are quite complex and intricate instruments that require meticulous cleaning to ensure patient safety. This study guide was developed to discuss the care, handling and processing of these sophisticated devices.
- CE credits: 2.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
This course will teach students how to use the Agiliti Flexible Endoscopes Damage Prevention Audit tool to enable hospitals to find where damage is happening. This presentation contains basic instruction on how to initiate and track a process improvement project.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Learn about how different rigid endoscopes are used and how best to protect them from damage.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
This study guide will identify the construction of a basic rigid endoscope and how to properly handle and care for these instruments. The perioperative team must understand the construction and possible malfunctions of the scopes. The guide will describe in detail some of the more common symptoms of a damaged scope and what would cause the damage to occur. The proper handling, inspection and sterilization process is imperative in minimizing repairs and ensuring patient safety.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
This course will instruct students how to use the Agiliti Rigid Endoscope Damage Prevention Audit tool to enable hospitals to find where damage is occurring. This presentation contains basic instruction on how to initiate and track a process improvement project.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Learn how surgical video cameras work, how they are used in procedures and how to protect them from damage.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
The video camera is one of the most critical components of an endoscopic or video system and because of this, the surgical team must completely understand the care and handling needed to maintain the camera. This study guide will review the evolution and technology of a video camera along with its proper care and handling so that patient safety is not compromised.
- CE credits: 1.0
- Accredited through: HSPA, CBSPD
Laser Safety
This training will provide healthcare personnel who participate in the laser treatment environment with the knowledge they need to be “laser safe” during the operation and use of healthcare laser systems.
- CE credits: N/A
HSPA (formerly IAHCSMM) and CBSPD Pre-certification
Let our educators help your entire team prepare for their certification needs. Developed by our team of instructors with a combined 60+ years of expertise, Agiliti offers in-depth pre-certification courses for three major industry certification programs: CBSPD, CRCST, CER and CHL. Our instructors work with you to ensure you are getting the most out of your learning experience. Automated scoring alerts our instructors when extra help is needed to provide “hands-on” assistance. Have questions? Leave a message for our instructors within the learning application, and they will respond quickly to address your request.
Valued at over $300 per user, all pre-certification and continuing education courses are available to Agiliti Surgical Equipment Repair customers free of charge. Explore course offerings below and request access. Not an Agiliti customer? Complete the form below to find out how you can become one.

Sterile processing is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field. Technicians of all experience levels can benefit from the comprehensive education required to receive an internationally recognized certification. This course assists technicians as they prepare to sit for the HSPA CRCST exam. Participants will benefit from the experience of our industry-leading educators as they progress through the certification material. Our quizzes and tests help students mentally prepare for test conditions.
At a glance:
- 24 chapters and quizzes
- Video-based learning
- 5 practice tests throughout the course with one final practice exam covering all 24 chapters
- Self-paced
At a glance:
- 15 chapters and quizzes
- Video-based learning
- 3 practice tests throughout the course with one final practice exam covering all 15 chapters
- Self-paced
At a glance:
- 24 chapters and quizzes
- Video-based learning
- 5 practice tests throughout the course with one final practice exam covering all 24 chapters
- Self-paced
Sterile processing is a dynamic, rapidly evolving field. Technicians of all experience levels can benefit from the comprehensive education required to receive an internationally recognized certification. This course assists technicians as they prepare to sit for the CSPDT exam. Participants will also benefit from the experience of our industry-leading educators as they progress through the certification material. Quizzes and tests help students mentally prepare for test conditions.
At a glance:
- 12 chapters and quizzes
- Video-based learning
- 1 comprehensive practice exam
- Self-paced