Scientific Programme

• Opening Ceremony
  • Wim Renders (Belgium):
    Welcome Speech
    [in English]
  • Antonio Tadeu Fernandes (Brazil):
    The importance of materials processing in hospital infection control
    [in Portuguese; PDF File; 855 KB]
• Session 1
  • Thomas K. "Chip" Moore (United States):
    Your Sterilizer is not your Father's Water Heater - It's a Class II Medical Device
    [in English; PDF File; 7.1 MB]
  • Yaffa Raz (Israel):
    Queuing and Chaos Theories Application in CSSD
    [in English; PDF File; 1.1 MB]
• Session 2
  • Professor L'Hocine Yahia (Canada):
    The Effects of Steam Sterilization on Stainless Steel Instruments
    [in English; PDF File; 4.3 MB]
  • Dr. Michelle J. Alfa (Canada):
    Reprocessing of Implants: What are the Issues?
    [in English; PDF File; 8.1 MB]
  • Hartmut Dunkelberg, Ulrich Schmelz (Germany):
    Determination of the efficacy of sterile barrier systems against microbial challenges during transport and storage
    [in English; PDF File; 1.4 MB]
• Session 3
  • Wayne Spencer (United Kingdom):
    Outsourcing Decontamination Services - An English Experience
    [in English; PDF File; 1.3 MB]
  • Silma Pinheiro (Brazil):
    Quality Indicators in the CMS
    [in Portuguese; PDF File; 208 KB]
• Session 4
  • Jean-Marc Legentil (Canada):
    The Toyota/Lean Approach Applied to Health Care
    [in English; PDF File; 30.7 MB]
• Session 5
  • Magda Diab Elschahawi, Alexander Blacky (Austria):
    Challenging the STERRAD 100NX Sterilizer under experimental "clean" and "dirty" conditions
    [in English; PDF File; 673 KB]
  • Lisa Huber (United States):
    Challenges in the US approach to Disinfection and Sterilization
    [in English; PDF File; 594 KB]
• Session 6
  • Niels Buchrieser, Tillo Miorini (Austria):
    Comparative Study upon Cleaning Indicators for Washer-disinfectors for Flexible Endoscopes and Routine Control after Maintenance and Repair
    [in English; PDF File; 1024 KB]
  • Peter de Haas (The Netherlands):
    Central Processing of Flexible Endoscopes
    [in English; PDF File; 3.9 MB]
• Session 7
  • Georg Spaun (Austria):
    Disinfection of Surgical Procedures Undertaken with the NOTES Technique (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery)
    [in English; PDF File; 2.7 MB]
• Session 8
  • Robson R. Dias (Brazil):
    The Quality of Water - How Should One Choose the Best Water Treatment
    [in Portuguese; PDF File; 472 KB]
  • Jeane Aparecida Gonzalez Bronzatti (Brazil):
    Ergonomics in the CMS
    [in Portuguese; PDF File; 4.4 MB]
• Session 9
  • Janaína Anchieta Costa (Brazil):
    Nursing Activities at the CSSD: Subsidies to Evaluate the Personnel
    [in Portuguese; PDF File; 702 KB]