Invitation to the WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010

It is a pleasure to invite you to the 11th World Congress for sterilization which will take place from 30 July to 1 August 2010 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. It is organized by SOBECC, in close co-operation with the WFHSS. Once again this congress is a historical event because we are once more pushing back our frontiers. It is indeed actually the first time that this congress will take place outside of Europe. This proves that sterilization has truly become globalized.

The main objectives of the congress are to build bridges between North and South and between East and West and to prepare the road for a global sterilization practice.

For these reasons we have invited a number of prominent experts from all continents to address the participants about their areas of expertise. The ensuing exchange of ideas should lead to an evidence based best practice with standardization and innovation as the key concepts. Standardization has to ensure that the sterilization processes are run efficiently and safely, innovation that the CSSD adapts technologically, ecologically and economically to an ever changing hospital environment.

I trust that all of you, members of staff in CSSDs and in companies, will make this congress into the meeting place of the global sterilization world. This is also an ideal opportunity to experience for yourself the warm welcome Brazil extends to its visitors and the friendly hospitality of SOBECC.

See you in Sao Paolo!

Wim Renders
Brugge, 18/01/2010

General Information

Conference Info / Downloads

Please feel free to download the following PDF file which contains conference information (invitation, preliminary programme, registration and accommodation information, etc.):

• Information (Invitation, Programme, Registration, etc.) (English; PDF File)

Call for Abstracts

Please feel free to send Abstracts to Birte Oskarsson who coordinates the scientific committee of the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010. Birte Oskarsson's email address is:

Conference Web Site

Please visit the SOBECC web site for more information about the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010:

• www.sobecc.org.br [in English]
• www.sobecc.org.br [in Spanish]
• www.sobecc.org.br [in Portuguese]

Scientific Programme

The Scientific Programme of the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010 will include:

• Round table:
  • Discussing Cleanliness.
  • Water Quality.
  • Selecting Enzyme Detergent /Alkaline.
  • Manual x Automated Cleaning (Thermal Disinfector).
  • Validating Cleanliness - The ISO 15.883 Norm.
• Inspection and Function Tests of Surgical Instruments.
• Means and Types of Packaging and Heatseal.
• Factors that May Cause Packages to be Humid and How to Avoid the Problem.
• Validating the Pressure Saturated Vapor Sterilization Process - Load Configuration (orthopedic, heavy instrument, tissues).
• Qualifying / Training Workers (operational and managerial): How that is Done in Brazil, in Latin America, in Europe and in the United States.
• Mycobacteria and Prions.
• Managing the Incorporation of New Technology in the CMS.
• Costing Tools in the CMS.
• The Cost Impact on Assisting Patients with Hospital Infection.
• Nursing Activities in Storage Centers: Subsidies to Evaluate Personnel.
• Standards for National and International Certification: How do They Influence the Sterilization Area?
• Quality Indicators - Making the CMS Work Obvious - Quality and Productivity Parameters.
• Ergonomics - Caring for the Helper’s Health.
• The Evolution of Sterilization Equipment: What is the Brazilian Reality?
• Traceability.
• Risk Management.

The final conference programme will be published here as soon as it becomes available.

Please feel free to download the following PDF file which contains the preliminary programme of the conference:

• Information (Invitation, Programme, Registration, etc.) (English; PDF File)

Poster Exhibition

Call for Poster Abstracts

• Poster Exhibition - Call for Abstracts (English; PDF File)
• Presentación en la categoría Póster (Spanish; PDF File)

Disclose your scientific abstract to the world and compete for prizes!

Brazil will be hosting the first World event in the area of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control in 2010. Posters registered in the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010 will be disclosed to the world and authors of the three best ones shall be rewarded. Check the guidelines for registration and start working now!

On-line registration of poster abstracts will take place from January 11th to March 30th, 2010 at www.sobecc.org.br.

1. Requirements

   People interested in presenting their work shall send a summary of it according to the guidelines below. They have to register at the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010 and send a copy of their registration receipt as well as of their 2010 Professional Council annuity payment (if applicable) no later than June 15, 2010. Otherwise, their work will be disqualified.

2. Information

   The summary of posters registered for the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010 must first be submitted for approval to the Scientific Committee and classified according to their scientific relevance and originality. Authors of the three best abstracts shall receive prizes.

3. Guidelines for registering abstracts

   Abstracts can only be submitted on-line at www.sobecc.org.br. Abstracts submitted by any other means - such as regular mail, Email, by bearer, sedex, fax, etc. - will not be accepted. To send a summary, go to the SOBECC web site, click on the banner of the event and then on "Submissão de Trabalhos" ("Abstract Submission"). Fill in the form according to the given instructions and submit it. Here is some of the information you will have to provide:

   1. Name, Email address and a telephone number where you can be reached. Make sure to type in your Email address correctly since all information related to the evaluation of your work will be sent to you though Email only;
   2. Title of abstract and its related area (education, process and management);
   3. Name of author, "CPF" (Individual taxpayer registration with the Federal Revenue Service), his/her title (specialist, master degree, doctorate), name of institution where he/she works, current position, Email address, telephone number, name of city/state/country where he/she is from. Be sure this information is precise since it will be released with the abstract itself; The total number of authors per abstract shall not exceed 5 (five). An author can submit as many abstracts as he/she wishes. Please, identify authors and the location where the study has taken place on the on-line form only - not along the abstract - to ensure impartiality;
   4. Summaries of texts in Portuguese, English and Spanish, with no graphs, images and/or tables, shall be typed on this on-line form and will be further printed on the Scientific Program and Abstracts Book. Each summary shall have no more than 2500 characters (spaces and punctuation included). We do not recommend pasting texts from Word onto these areas since special characters may be erased;
   5. Use key-words to identify your abstract easily;
   6. Attach the original Microsoft Word document to this form. The file shall have the Microsoft Word 97 - 2003 (*.doc) format. The format .docx will not be accepted.

   The abstract shall have the following structure:

   • Introduction: With a maximum of three lines and to justify the abstract;
   • Objectives;
   • Methods: Attempt not to identify where the study was conducted;
   • Results: Tables and graphs will not be accepted. The results shall be described along the text itself;
   • Conclusion;
   • Bibliography.

   If the abstract is approved by the Scientific Committee, the author will receive an Email informing him/her of the fact by June 30th, 2010. After that date, notifications about abstracts shall be published on the congress web site(s). The Scientific Committee will revise all submitted abstracts confidentially and their decision is final. Only abstracts that have been approved by the Scientific Committee will be printed on the Congress Program Book.

   We remind you that badges shall be worn the whole time during the event. Poster authors and/or presenters will have to be enrolled in the congress. Registration for the Congress will start in March 2010.

4. Format of the poster to be presented at the Congress

   Posters shall be 120 cm tall × 87 cm wide.
   Do not use frames. Affix posters with adhesive tape only.

Please Note: The congress team can not make any changes to the work or information provided through the on-line form.

Conference Registration

Registration for the Congress will start in March 2010. Registration forms will be made available in due course.

Industrial Exhibition

Information for Exhibitors and Industrial Partners about how to book exhibition space at the Annual WFHSS and SOBECC Conference 2010, exhibition space map, exhibition space availability chart, etc.:

• Industrial Exhibition (English; PDF File)

Please contact Sirlene Negri for further information about the Industrial Exhibition and/or how to book exhbition space. Sirlene Negri's email address is: