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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
 CSAO Executive met on two occasions, January 16 & 17 via Ontario Telemedicine Network. Present were Louis Konstant, Nancy Aelick, Darlene Keast, Alan Scott, Jeff Phelps, Denise Bosnjak and Cindy Cole. Regrets were sent by Lorna Coutoulas and Trevor Lee. Recently we met in Toronto on March 21 & 22. Present were Louis Konstant Nancy Aelick, Darlene Keast, Alan Scott, Jeff Phelps, Lorna Coutoulas and Cindy Cole. Regrets were sent by Trevor Lee.
Learn More...  I am currently coordinating and teaching the CSAO course for the Eta Chapter and introducing the students to the world of Reprocessing Medical Devices. I will be reviewing the constitutional changes sent to the office as part of my portfolio. I also visited a facility, on their request, to look at their processes and offer suggestions for improvement. I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.
Learn More... VICE PRESIDENT'S REPORT
 CSA STANDARDS: The Standards are progressing nicely, the new standard Z314.00 Medical Device Reprocessing – General Guidelines is complete and ready for purchase as of March 20, 2013. This new standard covers all over arching concepts such as; Quality System, Personnel, Manufacturer’s Instructions, Design, General Principles, Occupational Health and Safety, Infection Prevention and Control, Water Quality, Cleaning MDRD, Spaulding’s Classifications, Recalls and Verification. This standard is required to use with all other reprocessing standards.
Learn More... EDUCATION REPORT
Classroom Courses for 2012/13 consisted of 54 students with an 80% average for the Delta Chapter September 2012 Kitchener course, 69 students with an 80% average for ETA Chapter October 2012 Toronto course, 67 students with a 80% average for the SIGMA Chapter Windsor course, and 43 students with an 87% average for the GAMMA Chapter course. The ETA chapter March 2013 Toronto course had 53 students registered. The Delta Chapter April 2013 Hamilton course has 96 students registered, and the Theta/Lambda Chapter Northern Ontario course has 61 registered.
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CHAPTER REPORT
We have been working hard to bring an exciting venue to Chapter members. We have been looking at hosting an OTN meeting with a presentation by Minogue-Med from Montreal on the DeVinchie Robot System. This presentation is planned for April 2013 and we are awaiting confirmation.
Learn More... The Delta Chapter met in February in Woodstock to celebrate Valentine’s Day. There was a light dinner and lots of treats. The meeting concluded with a tour of the Woodstock General Hospital Medical Device Reprocessing Department.
Learn More... To date this year, there have been three ETA chapter meetings. The most recent was held at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and sponsored by SterilMed who presented on Third Party Single-Use Device Reprocessing and Washer Checks. Next meeting will be held on May 14, 2013, at the Olympus Canada facilities in Richmond Hill.
Learn More... Theta chapter is heading in to our busy season. We hosted a membership meeting via OTN on February 6 where we discussed the membership numbers, welcomed new members and discussed the following points.
Learn More... As noted in my President Report Lambda is now without a Chapter President as well as a representative on the provincial executive committee. A call for nominations has been sent out to all members of the chapter. Lambda’s annual meeting will be on April 4th via OTN where a vote will occur for any nominations submitted.
Learn More... SPECIAL EVENTS
In 2000, Johnson & Johnson Medical Products introduced the Award of Excellence in Sterile Processing to recognize contributions to the Sterile Processing Profession by non-management sterile processing personnel. We did this because based on our observations while working with you in your hospital; it was evident that the front line workers significantly influenced change in sterile processing. This must be above and beyond their paid position or union position. Please consider nominating one of your peers or employees who have been involved in special projects, teaching, motivating or mentoring others, and developing or implementing innovative ideas. I would venture to guess that you have one of these people in your department. Thanks for taking the time to recognize these special people.
Learn More... The World Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply (WFHSS) is a world-wide community of national and regional associations for hospital sterile supply staff members and professionals from the industry.
Learn More... CANADIAN STANDARDS & ACCREDITATION
This Standard sets out requirements for health care settings to establish, document and maintain their own policies and procedures for the reprocessing of medical devices, forming a unique internal QMS.
Learn More... 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...  The complexity and temperature sensitivity of flexible endoscopes makes cleaning followed by sterilization/disinfection difficult. While sterilization may be optimal, the minimum acceptable standard for reprocessing endoscopes is high level disinfection (HLD). At all times, cleaning must precede high level disinfection. Endoscopic accessories do require sterilization. Whenever flexible endoscopes are reprocessed, those involved in the reprocessing must adhere to the validated protocol recommended by the manufacturer of the endoscope.
Learn More... ARTICLES RELATED TO STERILIZATION AND DECONTAMINATION
The Almonte General Hospital (AGH) has eight new pieces of equipment thanks to the generosity of the community. The hospital's Central Sterilization and Reprocessing (CSR) area now includes the following items: sterilizer, prep and pack table, endoscopy sink, a double sink, stainless steel work tables, state-of-the art scope storage cabinet with continual air flow, heat sealing station and a washer and disinfector. The planning for the project started well over a year ago with the construction happening over the summer. It was completed at the end of August. The total project cost $220,000, which was completely raised by the community through the AGH Foundation.
Learn More... Imagine an intelligent system managing the surgical tool sterilization process in a hospital – ensuring safe delivery of care, enabling new levels of hospital efficiency and delivering with surgical accuracy all of the medical devices doctors need to perform life-saving procedures. At GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), scientists envision such a future and will soon begin a groundbreaking project designed to leverage the power of the Industrial Internet to transform the way hospitals manage and track their thousands of surgical tools.
Learn More... Key variables to consider when investigating a steam sterilization process failure (3M Health Care).
Learn More... Greetings to All I hope everyone is excited about the spring weather ahead as we are already into the month of April. The Annual CSAO Conference is just a short five months away and lots of planning is in place. I hope many of you will be able to attend once again. We are happy to be putting out this April 2013 e-newsletter. This eNewsletter will provide updates and information from the Executive Committee, chapter reports and other articles and links related to Standards, Conferences and Educational Opportunities. Please let me know if you have any ideas to add to any upcoming eNewsletters. |
FMI POLL What type of Wrapper is utilized in your Medical Device Reprocessing facility to package instrument sets?
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