Puerto Vallarta Autoclave Sterilization Training

Tuttnauer training sessions turn our technicians into pros, teaching not only the practical and technical aspects of sterilization but also the theory behind it.

I just returned from a two-week intensive training that took place in the Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta and happy to share the experience with you.

This time we hosted 66 students all from Latin America and training was in Spanish. The training was divided to two sections: The first week was dedicated to Tabletop and Lab autoclaves. We covered the following topics:

Introduction to sterilization
Sterilization cycles
TTA/Lab piping diagram
Bacsoft controller and electrical diagrams

The second week was dedicated to large Horizontal Autoclaves, both lab and medical. We covered:

Special options including biohazard
An in depth look at sterilization cycles
Door types
Safety control mechanisms

The Power of a Group

Training is a great opportunity to get to know our customers and also for our customer to network with each other. The group stayed in a hotel and training took place in the hotel conference room, so we basically were together 24/7. The hotel was on the sea shore, so the minute training was over, we enjoyed the beautiful beach and lots of fun. Top it all with free alcohol and my personal favorite the refreshing Cuban drink Mojito, and you have a happy group of technicians and instructors.

We made new social connections and new friendships. These ties also benefit the group, they opened a WhatsApp group where members can crowdsource, ask questions, initiate discussions and resolve technical issues. Technology is to our benefit, but still there’s nothing like face to face interaction.

An Unpleasant Encounter with Manta Ray

But it was not all fun. On the weekend, I went swimming and was stung by a Manta Ray, rushed to hospital and was treated by a surgeon which resulted with 30 stitches. You can imagine that I took the opportunity to check the state of sterilization in the local hospital.

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About author

Maimon Asaraf

Maimon Asaraf has 25 years of experience at Tuttnauer, one of the industry leaders in sterilization and infection control. As chief training specialist, Maimon has trained thousands of Tuttnauer engineers all over the world, who are now proficient in installing and servicing tabletop autoclaves, laboratory benchtop autoclaves, vertical autoclaves, large capacity autoclaves, pre vacuum sterilizers, low temperature hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilizers, bedpan washers and washer-disinfectors, for the dental, medical, laboratory, and pharmaceutical industries.