Voice

As your Director of Communications, it is part of my duties and privilege to round up the information provided in this newsletter. The communications report is for your knowledge and awareness, and I hope to convey useful and helpful information encircling our organization.

We are Ontario strong, with members in every corner of this great province! We are 50 years young, and we have made it this far with the support and participation from all of our members, from small clinics to our large facilities. In the effort to grow our chapters and show our commitment to every part of Ontario, we have embarked on a path of scheduling our provincial board meetings in as many different chapters as possible. 

The MDRAO is back to a firm financial standing. The massive deficit predicted for this year by our former management company has not come to pass. Our current company has consolidated the last three year’s records, and although there was a $14 377 loss last year, this year we will be in the black.

The following are some of our activities. On February 26, we attended the Stryker MDR Open House and Education Evening. Twenty-four members attended the evening. Seven members attended the meeting with the Executive members. Unfortunately, some members were unable to attend because of poor weather conditions. During the Delta Chapter meeting (held between 6-630) portion of the evening, we discussed elections and the protocol for nominations. Members discussed the appropriate procedures if they wanted to nominate someone. The deadline for nominations was extended to March 7. If necessary, elections will be held on March 31.

At this time MDRAO ETA chapter had some chapter meetings and education days attended by members which include the All in Campaign for the Hospital for Sick Children and the ETA Chapter traditional Christmas Dinner party.

ETA members had expressed thanks for having a chance to attend information / education sessions and the MDRAO conference.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic going on around the world, the meeting and Cantel Medical site visit scheduled for April 4, 2020 is rescheduled at a later date.

On July 18, 2019, Lambda had only 16 members. We sent 7 of them to the 50th MDRAO conference in Toronto in Sept. 2019. We now have 25 members from across the Northwest and big hopes for more this year as we will be holding our first Education Day in Sept.

 

On Jan. 23 & 24, 2020, the MDRAO had a booth at a Dental Conference for the first time. Candia Anderson, Director of Finance, and Megan Bozec, Lambda Vice President, manned the booth at the 38th Thunder Bay Dental Rendezvous. The 250 attendees included receptionists, dental assistants, hygienists, teachers, dentists, orthodontists, surgeons and one pony.

Public Health Ontario
The document, "Best Practices for Prevention, Surveillance and Infection Control Management of Novel Respiratory Infections in All Health Care Settings," outlines best practices on a number of topics related to infection control of respiratory infections.

Beyond Clean
Hank Balch explains why understanding others' impressions of you is an important component of professional success in sterile processing.