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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new executive members to the Board of Directors and all of our Chapters throughout the province. In light of the recent events, as well as being an election year, there have been significant changes to our team. I believe that new ideas and opportunities will move us closer to achieving our goals. I would also like to express my sincere gratitude for those who have worked hard over the past years...

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As we begin a new year for CSAO, we have been faced with some challenges. Nancy Aelick and Luanne Sutherland have recently resigned from the CSAO Board of Directors. I would like to thank Nancy and Luanne for their time and commitment to CSAO over the last several years. They have both been very valuable members to our team and will be greatly missed!

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Read about classroom courses and updates....

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The Delta Chapter met at the Niagara Regional Health Care System at the St. Catharines site in October 2013 to celebrate MDRD week. We shared slides of the Delta Chapter Education Day and the CSAO Conference, and enjoyed a tour of their new facility.

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We have had a good year. We have five new people involved with the Chapter. This has been a very big positive change of the morale to the Executive.

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Sigma Chapter has survived another year. We still see good membership numbers and our education course was a great success again this year.

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We currently have 117 members in the Theta Chapter. Our Chapter hosts four meetings combined with Education Days per year...

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The CSAO-ETA Chapter report was prepared in accordance with the criteria set by our association's constitution and chapter by-laws and it is a true reflection of the chapter activity from the last chapter report...

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There are currently 29 members in the Lambda Chapter. This includes three managers, three associates, and 23 technicians.

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CSAO now has a LinkedIn group. Join today for CSAO updates.

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The WFHSS dedicates itself to the promotion of the worldwide harmonization of sterilization departments and of decontamination practices especially by providing: A meeting place for national and regional non-profit sterilization societies, thus stimulating cooperation and the exchange of information and best practices; and information via its website to all our stakeholders and interested parties. In this way we make a contribution not only to ensure that the quality of reprocessing is of the highest possible level across the globe but also to make the basic right of every patient to be treated with a medical device of a good quality come true. Integrity and objectivity, openness and transparency, cooperation and support are the core values in our organization.

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Identifying Wet Packs

 

On May 1, CSAO launched a membership campaign with the goal of recruiting 100 new members by June 30, 2014. At the end of June, we recruited 51 new members.

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This year's annual CSAO Conference
"TAKING IT TO THE TOP – People, Process & Peak Performance"
September 7, 8 and 9, 2014, at the International Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre (formally the DoubleTree by Hilton)

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The two-day 'Train the Trainer' course on reprocessing of Olympic surgical endoscopes.
September 15-16, 2014
Olympus Canada
Richmond Hill, Ontario

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2014 CSGNA National Conference
October 2-4, 2014
Scotiabank Convention Centre
Niagara Falls, Ontario

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First National Conference
October 16-19, 2014
The Delta Hotel
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Visit http://www.camdr.ca/ to view the full article online.

 

Annual WFHSS & Central and Eastern European Congress 2014
October 15-18, 2014
Prague, Czech Republic
(Organized by WFHSS and SPNN)

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Look out soon for the 2014 CSAO Conference mobile app. This mobile app will be your key to a fun, efficient conference experience with these features in the palm of your hand:

• Attendee contact list
• Conference schedule
• Speaker bios
• Last-minute conference notifications
• and more!

We are placing the final touches on the app, which will be available for FREE mid- to late August. Look for a download link in a special email next month

 

Review all the standards required in your facility on the CSA website.

Visit http://shop.csa.ca/en/canada/health-care-and-medical-devices/sterilization/icat/sterilization/&bklist=icat,5,shop,publications,healthcare,sterilization to view the full article online.

 

Best Practices for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization in all Health Care Settings

Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) document with latest revisions (May 2013).

Visit http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/eRepository/PIDAC_Cleaning_Disinfection_and_Sterilization_2013.pdf to view the full article online.

 

Accreditation Canada's Standards for the Reprocessing and Sterilization of Reusable Medical Devices were prepared in response to requests from health service organizations, regulators and governments for a set of national standards. They have been developed in conjunction with the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and incorporate many elements from existing CSA standards.

Visit http://www.accreditation.ca/node/735 to view the full article online.

 

Eight brain-surgery patients at a New Hampshire hospital may have been exposed to a rare and fatal disease through potentially contaminated equipment, state health officials announced Wednesday.

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According to a new market report by Transparency Market Research.

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Past issues from 2008-2014

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Welcome to a new and exciting year within CSAO! Please let me take this opportunity to introduce myself as one of your Director's of Communications for CSAO. There are many exciting initiatives taking place in relation to recognition, promoting CSAO's image and education. It is through these goals that the CSAO will position itself as an active and viable voice for reprocessing departments throughout Canada.

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