Webinar: Water Constituents and Chemistry

Beginner webinar on water chemistry in the CSSD – fundamentals of water constituents, water quality, and their influence on hygiene, medical devices, and safe reprocessing procedures explained in an understandable way.

Why water is not always the same: Learn about the importance of water constituents and their influence on hygiene, medical devices, and reprocessing procedures.

Understanding the Chemistry of Water

Water is considered the most strictly controlled food product in Germany – however, drinking water does not meet the quality requirements for the reprocessing of medical devices. In this approximately 22-minute webinar, participants receive an understandable introduction to the fundamentals of water chemistry and learn which substances may be present in water and why they can have significant effects on hygiene processes, equipment technology, and instruments.

Recognizing Risks Caused by Unsuitable Water Qualities

The webinar clearly explains the role of substances such as silicates, chlorides, heavy metals, hardness formers, and oxidative media. Even low concentrations can lead to corrosion, deposits, biofilm formation, or damage to sensitive system technology. At the same time, it explains why unsuitable water qualities can pose a risk to patient safety and contribute to infections when these substances accumulate on reprocessed instruments and are introduced into the equipment technology.

Correctly Evaluating Water Analyses and Optimizing Processes

Participants gain practical insights into the interpretation of drinking water and laboratory analyses as well as the importance of conductivity, silicate values, and limit values according to DIN EN 285 and DGSV recommendations. The webinar also demonstrates why every water treatment system must be individually planned and which technical measures contribute to safe process management.

Webinar Content at a Glance

• Chemical and microbiological substances in water
• Why drinking water is not automatically process water
• Risks caused by silicates, chlorides, heavy metals, and hardness formers
• Effects on medical devices and equipment technology
• Fundamentals of water analysis and laboratory evaluation
• Importance of conductivity and water quality
• Insight into DIN EN 285, DGSV recommendations, and additional regulatory requirements
• Protection against corrosion, deposits, and biofilm formation

Who Is This Webinar Suitable For?

This webinar is intended for professionals in the CSSD, hygiene officers, technical managers, operators of sterilization processes, and decision-makers in healthcare who want to better understand the relationships between water chemistry, hygiene, and process safety. Due to its understandable structure, the webinar is especially suitable for beginners and for teaching fundamental knowledge about the importance of water quality and water constituents for safe reprocessing procedures and the protection of medical devices.