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WFHSS Communications
WFHSS Mission Statement
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;
- information via its website to all our stakeholders and interested parties.
In this way we make a contribution to ensure that the quality of reprocessing is of the highest possible level across the globe. Integrity and objectivity, openness and transparency, cooperation and support are the core values in our organization.
Wim Renders
WFHSS Memorandums
- Open letter to heads of sterilization departments in countries where there are no national societies
Published: 22 September 2008
Author: Wim Renders - The WFHSS "Sparkling Egg" Award 2007
5 May 2007 - EFHSS becomes WFHSS
Published: 24 May 2006
Author: Wim Renders - The EFHSS "Sparkling Egg" Award 2006
19 May 2006 - World Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply - Training Programme
Last Update: 24 May 2006 - DSc 2005 Congress: Free Poster Award
- The First EFHSS "Sparkling Egg" Award
31 March 2005 - EU Enlargement - The EFHSS Welcomes the new European Union Membership Candidate Countries
Published: 14 December 2002
Author: Wim Renders - Welcome to the EFHSS Website
Published: 17 June 1999
Author: Mary Deane
WFHSS Announcements
- CS Week - October 10-16, 2004
The National Healthcare Central Service Week 2004 of the IAHCSMM and the ASHCSP takes place from October 10th to October 16th, 2004. We also would like to congratulate and to thank all CSSD personnel for the excellent way in which they carry out their duties and for the crucial role they play in the provision of quality health care.
Posted: 9 October 2004 - The SGSV/SSSH/SSSO - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Sterilgutversorgung celebrate their 20th "birthday". The EFHSS wishes the SGSV/SSSH/SSSO a Happy 20th Anniversary!
Posted: 4 July 2003 - EFHSS joins ASHCSP and IAHCSMM and also wishes all CSSD professionals, but especially the Americans, a happy Central Service and Sterile Processing Week. EFHSS supports this initiative and hopes it will be copied world-wide. It can contribute to a broad recognition of the valuable job we're doing and of our profession. Good luck.
Posted: 16 October 2002 - National Healthcare Central Service and Sterile Processing Week to be Celebrated in October 2002
Published on EFHSS: 16 September 2002
WFHSS Recommendations
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Recommendations by Swissmedic - Swiss Agency for therapeutic products
Swissmedic - www.swissmedic.ch- Guidelines and Recommendations in French:
- Guide pour l’achat d’un petit stérilisateur à la vapeur d’eau à l'intention des cabinets médicaux et dentaires et autres établissements de soins
[PDF File; 76 KB] - Exemple de liste de contrôle pour l'achat d'un petit stérilisateur à la vapeur d'eau
[PDF File; 44 KB] - Bonnes pratiques de retraitement des dispositifs médicaux stériles pour les cabinets médicaux, les cabinets dentaires et d'autres utilisateurs de petits stérilisateurs à la vapeur d'eau saturée
[PDF File; 420 KB]
- Guide pour l’achat d’un petit stérilisateur à la vapeur d’eau à l'intention des cabinets médicaux et dentaires et autres établissements de soins
- Guidelines and Recommendations in German:
- Leitfaden zur Beschaffung eines Dampf-Klein-Sterilisators für Arzt- und Dentalpraxen, sowie für andere medizinische Einrichtungen
[PDF File; 74 KB] - Beispiel einer Checkliste für die Beschaffung eines Dampf-Klein-Sterilisators
[PDF File; 42 KB] - Aufbereitung von sterilen Medizinprodukten in Arzt- und Zahnarztpraxen sowie bei weiteren Anwendern von Dampf-Klein-Sterilisatoren
[PDF File; 490 KB]
- Leitfaden zur Beschaffung eines Dampf-Klein-Sterilisators für Arzt- und Dentalpraxen, sowie für andere medizinische Einrichtungen
- Guidelines and Recommendations in French:
- ASHCSP/IAHCSMM Position Paper on Loaner Instrumentation
The project to update the Position Paper on the Management of Loaner Instrumentation and Implants has been completed. IAHCSMM and ASHCSP joined together again to provide up-to-date guidelines that may be used to develop policies and procedures to improve your day-to-day handling of these instruments and implants.
IAHCSMM is pleased to be able to make this document available on our website (click the link to your right). We hope it will be a resource you will turn to often in handling the many problems inherent in the use of loaner instrumentation and implants.
Sybil Williams, CRCST, CHL,CST,ACE,BS
President, IAHCSMM
Published on EFHSS: 24 May 2004 - PRE-PURCHASE QUESTIONNAIRE [MS-Word Format, 56 KB]
Produced by NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency, Scottish Healthcare Supplies, Northern Ireland CSA Regional Supplies Service and Welsh Health Supplies in conjunction with the Association of British Healthcare Industries
This form is intended to supply prospective purchasers with information about equipment being considered for purchase. It is intended principally for pre-purchase information on electrical medical, dental, ophthalmic and laboratory equipment. The form may also be used for other products, including non-electrical items, and to give information prior to equipment being supplied on loan, in which case not all the questions will be relevant.
Published on EFHSS: 29 May 2004 - RECOMMANDATIONS DU AK "Qualité" (11)
(Recommendations AK "Quality"; in French)
Published on EFHSS: 20 November 2000
WFHSS Member Society Reports
- Organisation of the sterilization courses: the Flemish experience
Published: 18 January 2006
Author: Walter Accoe - EFHSS Board Meeting - Winterthur 04-07-2003 - Report
(Board Meeting Report)
Published on EFHSS: 18 July 2003 - Intercollegiate auditing - "A guiding instrument for and by the workforce"
(by CSC; in MS-Word format, 101 KB)
Published on EFHSS: 8 May 2001 - SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Annual Report 2000
(SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Annual Report 2000; in German)
Published on EFHSS: 24 February 2001
WFHSS Conference Reports
- 4th International Basle Symposium, 4th December 2008 - Ready for Reprocessing?! - Conference Report
Published: 10 March 2009
Author(s): Peter Heeg, Gudrun Westermann - Annual DGSV Conference 2008 - Systematic Decontamination: Techniques, Quality and Risk Containment - Conference Report
Published: 10 March 2009
Author(s): Anke Carter, Christiaan Meijer, Gudrun Westermann - V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Report
Published: 08 December 2008
Author: Griet Missant - V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 - Report
Published: 04 July 2008
Author: Walter Accoe - Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Workshop Report
Published: 18 February 2008
Author: Walter Accoe - 1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Design of Surgical Instruments - Patient Safety First - Conference Report
Published: 25 January 2008
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual DGSV Conference 2007 - Diverse Range of Topics in Sterile Supply - Conference Report
Published: 25 January 2008
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual WFHSS and ÖGSV Conference 2007 - Conference Report
Published: 27 June 2007
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual DGSV Conference 2006 - The DGSV 10 Years On - Medical Device Decontamination Today and Tomorrow - Conference Report
Published: 24 October 2006
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - I Congreso Nacional y IV Congreso Panamericano de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Conference Report
Published: 25 November 2006
Author: Wim Renders - 28th National Sterilisation Days 2006 - Conference Report
Published: 23 June 2006
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual EFHSS and NfS Conference 2006 - Conference Report
Published: 23 June 2006
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - V.S.Z Study Day 27 October 2005 - Study Day Report
Published: 18 January 2006
Author: Walter Accoe - Annual EFHSS Workshop 2005 "CSSD" - Seminar Report
Published: 06 August 2005
Author(s): Susan J Meredith; Walter Accoe - DSc 2005 - Decontamination Sciences Congress 2005 - "Decontamination Sciences Worldwide" - Conference Report
Published: 27 April 2005
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - 6th International Forum "Medical Device Processing": Instrument Management - Conference Report
Published: 27 April 2005
Author: Ronald Graeber - First Bulgarian "Sterilization" Workshop - Seminar Report
Published: 20 January 2005
Author: Wim Renders - Quality - a Dynamic Process - DGSV Annual Meeting and Congress 2004 - Conference Report
Published: 26 October 2004
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - ASP Seminar Izmir 2004 - Advances in Clinical Instrument Processing - Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilization - Seminar Report
Published: 13 July 2004
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual EFHSS and MSÜD Conference 2004 - Conference Report
Published: 13 July 2004
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual EFHSS and MSÜD Conference 2004 - Conference Minutes
Published: 04 June 2004
Author: Wim Renders - V.S.Z Study Day 27 November 2003 - Study Day Report
Published: 18 January 2004
Author: Wim Renders - Achieving the Impossible - DGSV Annual Congress 2003 - Conference Report
Published: 24 October 2003
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual EFHSS and SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference 2003 - Conference Report
Published: 14 October 2003
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - ZZNS Sterilisation Section Conference 2003 - The Meaning of Quality in Sterilization - Conference Report
Published: 06 July 2003
Author: Andreja Zagar - 3rd Sterilization and Re-use Course - Conference/Seminar Report
Published: 11 June 2003
Author(s): Hülya Erbil - 3rd Sterilization and Re-use Course - Conference/Seminar Comments
Published: 02 June 2003
Author: Wim Renders - V.S.Z Study Afternoon 20 March 2003 - Study Afternoon Report
Published: 12 May 2003
Author: Ludwig Van de Voorde - European Parliament Public Hearing - Stakeholders discuss how to enhance safer use of medical devices - "Sharps injuries and reuse of single use devices" - Comments by the EFHSS
Published: 27 March 2003
Author(s): Wim Renders; Ghislaine De Decker; Walter Accoe - V.S.Z - 13th Day of Hospital Hygiene 12 December 2002 - "A new look at an old topic" - Workshop Report
Published: 19 February 2003
Author(s): Wim Renders; Ludwig Van de Voorde - Quality without the Quandary - DGSV Conference 2002 - Conference Report
Published: 02 January 2003
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - Annual EFHSS and IASSM Conference 2002 - Conference Report
Published: 28 October 2002
Author: Dr Gudrun Westermann - V.S.Z Afternoon Conference and Visit to the CSSD Department - Study Visit Report
Published: 05 July 2002
Author: Ludwig Van de Voorde - Annual EFHSS Conference 2001 - Conference Report
Published: 01 December 2001
Author: Dr Gudrun Droop - Sterile Supply Faces New Challenges - Prion diseases dominate the agenda at DGSV Congress - Conference Report
Published: 05 December 2001
Author: Dr Gudrun Droop - Annual EFHSS Conference 2001 - Conference Minutes
Published: 20 November 2001
Author: Wim Renders - V.S.Z Study Visit 10 May 2001 - Study Visit Report
Published: 06 June 2001
Author: Ludwig Van de Voorde - First International IFSS Meeting 2001 - Successful Start to IFSS - Conference Report
Published: 09 May 2001
Author: Dr Gudrun Droop - Annual EFHSS and DGSV Conference 2000 - Minutes of the first general meeting of the EFHSS
Published: 05 October 2000
Author: Wim Renders - Potsdam and the DGSV - A Synthesis of the Arts - Annual EFHSS and DGSV Conference 2000 - Conference Report
Published: 18 November 2000
Author: Dr Gudrun Droop - V.S.Z Congress 26 October 2000 - Conference Report
Published: 09 December 2000
Author(s): Walter Accoe; Wim Renders - SVLS Meeting 1 September 2000 - Conference Report
Published: 10 October 2000
Author: Josy Holdener - V.S.Z Workshop 27 April 2000 - Workshop Report
Published: 22 May 2000
Author: Wim Renders - Annual SVLS Meeting 2000 - Conference Report
Published: 15 May 2000
Author: Josy Holdener - Annual CSC and V.S.Z Congress 1999 - "The CSC 30 Years on the Move" - Conference Report
Published: 29 October 1999
Author: n/a
WFHSS Interactive
- BBC News: NHS 'chaos' over toolsBBC News search on "surgical instruments":
NHS 'chaos' over tools
Operations are being cancelled because of missing, broken, or dirty surgical instruments, surgeons say.
[ Video; 24 Apr 2008 ]
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