Introduction

IAHCSMM Mission Statement

The IAHCSMM mission shall be to provide the members of the Association and healthcare facilities with organized educational opportunities, professional development, a forum for information exchange, member services in response to member identified needs and priorities; and to represent Central Service Materiel Management in the professional community.

IAHCSMM Events

Upcoming Conferences and Seminars

IAHCSMM Annual Meeting 2010
02 May 2010 to 05 May 2010
Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, California, United States
[ More information: http://iahcsmm.org/SanDiegoAnnualMeeting/annualmeeting.html ]

IAHCSMM Annual Meeting 2011
01 May 2011 to 04 May 2011
Marriott Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Past Events

IAHCSMM Annual Meeting 2008
04 May 2008 to 07 May 2008
Silver Legacy Hotel, Reno, Nevada, United States

IAHCSMM Contact

IAHCSSM Email Address

IAHCSSM Web Site

Please visit the IAHCSMM web site for more information about the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM):

• iahcsmm.org

Information about United States

Statistics

• Area: 9,826,630 km² (9,161,923 km² land, 664,707 km² water)
• Population: 298,444,215 (July 2006)
• Capital: Washington, DC
• Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%
• Religion: Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10%
• Climate: mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
• Time Zone: GMT -5hrs to -11hrs
• Currency: United States Dollar [USD]

Location

The United States are in North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico. With a total of 12,034 km land boundaries, the United States share borders with Canada (8,893 km, including 2,477 km with Alaska) and Mexico (3,141 km).