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Hello everyone, as we settle into the cooler weather, the leaves are changing, and Thanksgiving will soon be upon us. The Board has so many things to be grateful for this year...

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Greetings to all CSAO members. The fall season is upon us once again and our hospitals, clinics and workplaces are busier after summer break. Another CSAO conference has come and gone, September 13-15, 2015, and what a conference it was...

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The electronic voting was successful for the recent Constitutional vote. All proposed Constitutional Amendments were passed. We had a total of 112 (24.3 percent) members vote. A breakdown of the votes by Chapters is attached.

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Hope you enjoyed your summer. Denise, Dianne, Colleen, Anne and I have been very busy since the last meeting, making many deadlines that had to be met...

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Greetings all, the Delta chapter will be meeting to celebrate MDR week on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at St. Joseph's East End clinic in Hamilton...

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It was a great summer, and once again another great CSAO conference was held in Toronto this September. The ETA chapter was able to send 22 delegates this year and all were very pleased to attend...

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This year's conference was a hit with plenty of networking and information sharing among members and suppliers. I was able to meet a number of Theta members and look forward to meeting many more in the coming year..

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During the summer months, there has not been much activity among most of the Chapters. New membership forms were posted online at the end of May, and we encourage all to apply as early as possible...

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We have begun another year and have taken off to a great start. The Toronto CSAO conference was very successful, and well-attended....

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CSAO now has a LinkedIn group. Visit LinkedIn, and join today for CSAO updates.

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IAHCSMM is currently in the planning stages of the 2016 IAHCSMM Annual Conference and Expo to be held in San Antonio, TX. From knowledge-building hands-on labs and workshops to timely management and technical updates taught by some of the profession's renowned and respected experts...

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IPAC Canada will celebrate the 40th 'Ruby' anniversary and the 2016 national conference, 'Wisdom Begins With Wonder'

Niagara Falls, ON
May 15-18, 2016

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Upcoming educational conferences....

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With an extensive selection of educational programs for endoscopy, Olympus University Canada is a convenient way for nurses, technicians, biomedical engineers, administrators and materials managers to further their knowledge of GI and surgical instrument procedures.

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The Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technician (CMDRT) Certification has been developed by CSA Group in conjunction with industry stakeholders to provide assurance that an individual possesses the competencies deemed necessary to perform the job function of a Medical Device Reprocessing Technician..

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Welcome to STERIS University! For more than a century, STERIS Corporation has recognized and valued the daily commitment of the health care professional toward quality patient care...

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GI Scope Handling and Reprocessing - Essentials is the first in a series of customized courses presented by PENTAX as part of our educational offering...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are alerting healthcare providers and facilities about the public health need to properly maintain, clean and disinfect or sterilize reusable medical devices...

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A sterilization problem at the Royal Alexander Hospital in Edmonton postponed dozens of orthopedic surgeries last week. Hospital staff noticed an unidentified substance on some linens wrapped around surgical equipment last Friday....

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Blood and bone fragments have been found on medical instruments at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital, says the state's peak doctors group as it claims sterilization problems continues...

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Dozens of elective surgeries were delayed Monday and Tuesday at the Halifax Infirmary after debris was discovered in sterilized equipment...

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Three new sterilization machines being installed this week at the Halifax Infirmary are expected to be in service by early August, part of a $2-million project to solve instrument contamination problems that disrupted surgeries for 563 patients earlier this year...

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Greetings to all of our members, Chris and I would like to thank everyone for their excellent attendance at our 2015 CSAO conference, which was a huge success!

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Past issues from 2008-2014

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