On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank everyone for attending this year's 45th Annual CSAO Conference. Congratulations to the award winners, and special thanks to all of the vendors for their ongoing support...
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It is quite an interesting time of change at this time of year. The change of seasons brings an end to summer and I am sure we will all be quite busy once again in our MDR departments, as autumn is now upon us and work volumes increase. The annual CSAO conference has recently taken place....
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Thank you to the entire past and present Board of Directors who helped make the 45th Annual CSAO Conference such a great success. It was truly exciting...
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Hello, hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful fall weather and that you all have had a wonderful summer...
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The Delta Chapter will be meeting on October 14, 2014, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital in Cambridge at 7:00 pm. We have a Trauma Workshop planned for that evening that will be provided by Synthes. We also plan to discuss membership survey questions, and the CSAO strategic planning.
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The ETA Chapter welcomes a new Executive this summer. Special thanks to the outgoing members and welcome to the new group. Rohan Jagasar will be the new ETA Chapter Representative and will represent our Chapter a the Provincial level...
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Theta Chapter has begun their 2014/2015 membership year and we are off to a flying start. Colleen Landers have a very informative and timely presentation on how to prepare for Accreditation. We welcome Tammy Bennardo to the Education Coordinator portfolio in addition....
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The Lambda chapter is happy to announce that Joe Graham is stepping up to take the president's role from outgoing president Luanne Sutherland.
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This has been a fairly quiet year for the Sigma Chapter. The course in November was canceled due to low attendance. The good news is that we have a great year planned for the future.
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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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We are pleased to report that our Conference App was well received and highly utilized by attendees during the conference last month. Click on the Learn More link below to view the Engagement Report.
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The second full week of October is dedicated to celebrate the activities done in Central Services Departments across North and South America. Each department staff and Manager should plan an open house to teach staff throughout.....
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First National Conference
The Delta Hotel
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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IAHCSMM is currently in the planning stages of the IAHCSMM 50th annual conference & Expo. This conference will provide attendees the resources needed to elevate their knowledge and promote ongoing quality professionalism within their departments..
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The theme for the conference is 'Bridging Excellence in Perioperative Practice.' The scientific committee promises to bring together perioperative and reprocessing representatives to bring you all of the latest information in perioperative nursing.
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Victoria, British Columbia is home to some of the country's most exhilarating scenery - ocean and mountains..
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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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Manual cleaning not only includes surgical, but also ultrasound and endoscopic instrument devices. The difficulty with manual cleaning processes is variability among staff...
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Learn about effective medical device reprocessing and legal, occupational, health and safety, and risk management..
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Review all the standards required in your facility on the CSA website.
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This document summarizes literature findings on the value and impact of health care accreditation.
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More than 200,000 patients get infections every year while receiving health care in Canada; more than 8,000 of these patients die as a result...
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A 73 year old woman is in the hospital after surgery to remove a bowel cancer. She is given broad-spectrum antibiotics to prevent infection at the site of surgery, but she develops pneumonia one week after surgery....page 18.
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Water quality is an important consideration in all stages of medical device reprocessing. The principle objective of medical device reprocessing is to ensure that a device is safe for patient use and does not cause an adverse event in the patient...
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The lifespan of medical devices is growing longer as more and more hospitals are turning to device reprocessing to cut costs, reduce waste and maximize potential use of these items...
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Past issues from 2008-2014
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This year's Annual CSAO Conference which focused on 'Taking it to the Top' proved to be a huge success!. I have received positive feedback throughout the province in relation to the conference mobile app, our first CSAO member's survey which was sent to each member by Chris Sherlock (Director of Communications) and the website..
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