My fellow MDRAO Members,
Spring has come and gone and now summer has finally arrived. It has been quite an eventful first six months, and we have seen what I believe to be a lot of positive changes for this great association.
We have hit the ground running without missing a stride with a much smaller, leaner, more cohesive board, and in my opinion we have one of the best teams I have ever worked with. I thank them all for their hard work and dedication to this association and to you, our valued members.
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This marks the end of another successful year, and we are very excited to begin a new year with our forever-growing chapter and your dedicated executive team.
Soon we will be sending out a calendar with dates of our upcoming education days.
This year we hope to see all of our members attend our INSPIRING INNOVATION - 50 YEARS OF TRANSFORMING EDUCATION EXCELLENCE MDRAO bi-annual Conference held in Toronto Ontario! September 6-8, 2019.
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We have been busy trying to include as many chapter members that want to go to our 2019 MDRAO conference. We want to be the chapter recognized for sending the most first-timers to this, our 50th anniversary!
Gamma executives will be meeting to organize an education day for members in the coming year, so stay tuned!
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We held several executive meetings to organize the Education Day. It was a highly successful event with many guest speakers. The participants found the day to be interesting and educational. The dialogue during the question and answer period with the presenters was engaging and informative. One highlight was learning about new future standards for CSA and how it will impact our membership. Another interesting issue that was discussed, and is probably an issue for other chapters as well, is wet packs. The discussion centred on the plastic lids vs. the aluminium lids. It was felt by the speaker that, due to the plastic not cooling down as fast as the aluminium case, this could be one of the contributing factors for wet packs. Discussion also included the regular maintenance of MDRD washers and sterilizing machines. The speaker and audience agreed that maintenance of these should be done on a regular basis, not only when the machines are experiencing issues. In all, the executive committee felt that the education day was a successful day.
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The ETA Chapter had AGM on May 10, 2019, at the Hospital for Sick Children. There were 10 members in attendance at the event.
The members were all ears on subject matters discussed. All members are encouraged to participate in any upcoming MDRAO activities.
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The Annual General Meeting was held on Friday, May 10 via OTN. During the meeting, 33 Constitutional changes were proposed. We sincerely hope everyone had a chance to read and vote on them. MDRAO will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary and I hope all members are looking forward to the conference being held in September. Registrations are currently open and all the information can be found on the MDRAO website.
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Hello! It's been a busy month. Our president, Candia was away for the IPAC conference as our provincial representative. We have done a draw for 3 of our Lambda chapter members to go to the MDRAO conference in September, all expenses paid. We will be doing another draw at our next meeting for a chance to ahve the registration fee paid by the provicial members.
Our next meeting will be June 24 at 4:00 pm, Thunder Bay time.
Megan Bozec
Vice President, Lambda Chapter
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Submit your nomination today to recognize an outstanding Medical Device Professional who has made an impact on the industry. Nominations are now open for the 2019 MDRAO awards. We are looking for winners for the following awards:
Please submit your nominations via the website links above by Monday, July 1, 2019.
Winners will be awarded at the MDRAO Conference Awards Dinner on Saturday, September 8, 2019.
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A new process at Grand River Hospital in Ontario has led to reduced waste costs and a substantial diversion of garbage from landfill.
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Click the link below to watch the video and find out!
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