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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
 ‘Patient Safety Begins with You' the theme of this year's conference and as Medical Device Reprocessing staff, the heart and soul of our profession. There is nothing more important than the care, proper handling and correct reprocessing of Medical Devices when it comes to patients and surgery. Children are our future and every day we reprocess medical devices with care and compassion to keep them safe.
Learn More... VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT
 What a great year it has been, as I continue to learn the many aspects of this amazing Association. I continue to gain knowledge in planning the conference, all the educational options, the magazine publication, financial status and past history of CSAO to help me transition into the role of President.Learn More...  Hello CSAO members, as a member of the CSAO Executive (Gamma Chapter Rep) for the past two years it has been a great experience which has given me a better understanding of the work each executive member puts in to make sure the organization stays current with education, conferences, updating of website to make information more accessible to members. Executive put in a good deal of their time to liaison with various organizations; OHA, AAMI, AORN, and HISSMM just to name a few, in hopes to achieve some of our common goals.
Learn More... EDUCATION REPORT
LOCATION North Bay Hotel Information Best Western
700 Lakeshore Drive North Bay ON, P1A 2G4 (705)474-5805 1.800.461.6199 FAX (705)474-8699 Learn More... CHAPTER REPORT
After beginning my term as President on September 2010, the executive committee sat down and discussed how we could achieve some common ideals; education, increased awareness and participation by members in the Gamma Chapter. As a result of these discussions we felt it would benefit the Chapter and create interest in having and participating in site visits for our meetings to various institutions within the Chapter. This was accomplished with a site visit to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.
Learn More... Welcome to the new 2012/2013 CSAO year. This is my first newsletter as the Theta Chapter President. I would like to take a moment to thank our Past President, Colleen Landers for her many years of dedication and commitment to see the Theta chapter not only grow, but thrive on successful educational initiatives, increasing membership and her drive to interest new people to serve on the Theta chapter executive. Colleen is not only our past president, but also our new Education Coordinator. I would also like to welcome back to the executive, Nancy Aelick, as the new Theta Chapter Vice President and Tammy Bennardo as our new treasurer. I especially want to welcome Jeffery Phelps as the Theta Chapter secretary. He is new to our executive this year and is already doing great work for our chapter. I also want to thank Nicole Robinson for the years spent as a hard working member of our executive team. She was largely responsible for pulling together the May education days that we enjoyed in Sturgeon Falls and North Bay.
Learn More... In keeping with our association goals and tradition, the ETA Chapter tried to maintain or increase its ability to support or actively participate in the educational process being at the chapter level or as part of the provincial activities.
The ETA Chapter has, for the past many years, offered the facility for the spring and fall sessions being at St. Michael's or Mount Sinai hospital. As well, education was the main goal when organizing the chapter meetings. Some translated in our members' exposure to new technologies where other events open unique opportunities for learning new skills and knowledge. Since the last annual report, the ETA Chapter held three meetings scheduled and delivered at the most acceptable and opportune times and locations making sure that all these were accepted by the membership. Learn More... SPECIAL EVENTS
 The 2012 CSAO Conference will take place at the Doubletree by Hilton Toronto Airport on September 10th and 11th 2012.
Learn More...  The World Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply(WFHSS)and Japanese Society of Medical Instrumentation (JSMI) are delighted to welcome you to Japan for the Annual WFHSS and JSMI Conference 2012 (13th World Sterilization Congress) to be held on November 21-24, 2012. It is a great honor for us to host this annual conference in the Asian region for the first time in WFHSS history. We sincerely hope that this will be a fruitful experience for sharing knowledge and best practices that will help develop hospital sterile supply around the world.
Learn More... CANADIAN STANDARDS & ACCREDITATION
Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC) document with latest revisions (Feb 2010).
Learn More... 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.
Learn More... ARTICLES RELATED TO STERILIZATION AND DECONTAMINATION
The Canadian Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System (CJDSS), which is operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), was established in 1998 as a national surveillance system for human prion diseases, often collectively called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The main public health goals of the CJDSS are to:
* Identify and characterize all human prion diseases in Canada; * Better understand their epidemiology and biological causes; * Develop better options for their rapid and accurate diagnosis; * Ultimately protect the health of Canadians by reducing risks of prion disease transmission. The CJDSS works directly to support patients, families and healthcare providers dealing with this difficult disease through education and sharing of information. The CJDSS Healthcare Provider Newsletter is one way in which this is done. This issue of the CJDSS Healthcare Provider Newsletter includes an update on the number of CJD cases identified in Canada; a brief report on the recent discovery of a second case of variant CJD (vCJD); a feature article on genetics in CJD diagnosis and surveillance; an important announcement concerning new laboratory test options; and a "You Asked Us" section where we respond to some of the questions we frequently receive. Learn More... Hospitals could save millions of taxpayer dollars—and tons of waste and emissions—by making some small changes, and some larger, more expensive changes, to "green" their operating rooms, says an analysis from the University of Western Ontario’s medical school, published Monday in The Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The report says hospitals produce a huge amount of waste, and as much as 33 per cent is generated in operating rooms. A single operation, for example, can produce as much garbage as a family of four would create in a week, some estimates suggest. (The statistics date back to 2009.) Learn More... I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and planning some exciting activities during your well deserved vacation times.
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