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Friday, 09 May 2008, 13:40 [GMT]
05 May 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
IAHCSMM - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (United States)
05 May 2008
20:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization IAHCSMM - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (United States) added/updated
29 April 2008
21:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
5th Panamerican Sterilization Conference - 24/25/26/27 July 2008 - Sao Paolo, Brazil
29 April 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
BBC News: NHS 'chaos' over tools
23 April 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Synergy Healthcare plc
23 April 2008
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Synergy Healthcare added
23 April 2008
07:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: From time to time old questions require new answers
21 April 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Gandus Saldatrici Packaging Machines
16 April 2008
10:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: AIOS - Associazione Italiana Operatori addetti alla Sterilizzazione
13 April 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 1/08
08 April 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
ICCAID 2008 - Second International Congress of Central Asia Infectious Diseases - Lectures:
Disinfection policies at hospitals: Why? How? Where? When?
by Duygu Esel
08 April 2008
05:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
ICCAID 2008 - Second International Congress of Central Asia Infectious Diseases - Lectures:
Main principles in sterilization at hospitals
by Wim Renders
05 April 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: CSC Autumn Congress 2008 - October 10th, 2008 in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
04 April 2008
19:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008
"Environmental Protection and Sterilization"
- 11/12 June 2008 - Fribourg, Switzerland
04 April 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: SGSV/SSSH/SSSO - Swiss Society for Sterile Supply
03 April 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
5th Panamerican Sterilization Conference - 24/25/26/27 July 2008 - Sao Paolo, Brazil
02 April 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM S.S.D. Manager's Study Day - 24 June 2008 - Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin, Ireland
02 April 2008
06:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM S.S.D. Manager's Study Day - 23 June 2008 - Ashling Hotel, Parkgate Street, Dublin, Ireland
01 April 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: IAHCSMM Annual Meeting 2008 - May 4th, to may 7th, 2008 in Reno, Nevada, United States
30 March 2008
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
30 March 2008
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008
Zaal Brabo, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
29 March 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Steelco - International Steel Co. SPA
29 March 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Steelco - International Steel Co. SPA added
25 March 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Nightmare
20 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Sterilization Article added:
"A Short History of the Old Trip of Sterilization"

Presentation by Irini Soultatou; [in English, PDF File ]
19 March 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner page/info update: STERIS
19 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
How to remove all those Bugs after using an Endoscope
by Franz Kies [in English]
18 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
High level disinfection of endoscopes - A central vision
by Emiel Goovaerts [in English]
17 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
The Removal and Inactivation of Prions
by Peter Newson [in English]
16 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
The role of cleaning in the manual reprocessing of medical devices and quality assessment of different cleaners
by Nicole Hirth [in English]
15 March 2008
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Sterilization Article added:
"Review of surface steam sterilization for validation purposes"

Article by Joost van Doornmalen; [in English, more info]
15 March 2008
11:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner page/info update: Aygün Surgical Instruments Co., Inc.
15 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
Internal transport and storage of sterile goods within the CSD and the DS
by Rita Gielen [in English]
14 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
New methods to monitor steam penetration into complex medical devices (MD) using Medical Device Simulators (MDS) and Batch Monitoring Systems (BMS)
by Ulrich Kaiser [in English]
13 March 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info added/updated: STERIS Corporation
13 March 2008
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to Industrial Partner STERIS Corporation added
13 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
Ultrasonic Cleaning of today's instruments ...and tomorrow's
by Ben Siegmund [in English]
12 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
Objectives for use of washer/disinfectors and dependency of performance
by Wilfried Michels [in English]
11 March 2008
11:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IASSM - Irish Association of Sterile Services Managers
11 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
EN ISO 15883: The cleaning issue
by Urs B. Rosenberg [in English]
10 March 2008
09:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
Potentials of an alkaline cleaner - Development tendencies for improving process safety
by Verona Schmidt [in English]
10 March 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - Lectures:
Combating Biofilms - a new challenge in medicine
by Elzbieta Trafny [in Polish]
08 March 2008
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
07 March 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Aygün Surgical Instruments Co., Inc.
07 March 2008
19:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Aygün Surgical Instruments Co., Inc. added
05 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Implementation of Special Surgical Set Systems - "In Search of Efficiency"
by [in Spanish]
01 March 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Traceability System Implementation
by Johanne Louise Brændgaard
29 February 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: 4A Medical
29 February 2008
19:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner 4A Medical added
28 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Instructions for the reprocessing of reusable medical devices - Does ISO 17664 make a difference?
by Adrie de Bruijn
27 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Responsibilities of the parties involved
by Frederike Tesser
27 February 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Management of the Central Sterilization Department
by Nancy Chobin [in Spanish]
26 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Future of the general washer disinfector?
by Dr. Winfried Michels
25 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Classification of Instruments - Elaborating of a Reprocessing Instruction According to ISO 17664
by Klaus Roth
24 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Clean care is safer care
by Diana Bijl and Philip de Vries
23 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Cleanable MIS-instruments, a challenge for the designer
by Friedrich-Wilhelm Oertmann
22 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Universal criteria for the design of medical instruments
by Ingeborg Griffioen
21 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Purchasing of surgical instruments
by Frank Raymaekers
20 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Operational Application of Instruments and Infection Prevention - the Surgeon´s View
by Th. Fengler and E. Kraas
19 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices - Lectures:
Safety of medical devices - Perspective of the users and controllers in laparoscopy
by L. W. Meinders
18 February 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
Workshop Report: Annual WFHSS and PSSSM Workshop - 6/7/8 December 2007 in Bydgoszcz, Poland
13 February 2008
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
UNAMEC Info Session: "Standardisation and Medical Devices"

7 March 2008 - Holiday Inn Hotel, Diegem, Machelen, Belgium
12 February 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
IDSc Course: Basic Microbiology & Infection Control - 10 March 2008 in Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
12 February 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
IDSc Course: Anatomy & Physiology - 11 March 2008 in Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
12 February 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
IDSc Chemistries Study Day - 18 March 2008 in Wootton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
11 February 2008
20:00 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments:
ISO 11135-2: Sterilization of health care products - Ethylene oxide - Part 2: Guidance on the application of ISO 11135-1
10 February 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Dependent Instrument Count
08 February 2008
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: DKCS - The Danish Society for Hospital Hygiene and Sterile Supply (Denmark)
08 February 2008
15:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to WFHSS Member organization DKCS - The Danish Society for Hospital Hygiene and Sterile Supply (Denmark) added
02 February 2008
09:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: SBA - Sterile Barrier Association
02 February 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner SBA - Sterile Barrier Association added
30 January 2008
18:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IASSM - Irish Association of Sterile Services Managers
30 January 2008
10:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Study Day - 23 February 2008 - Dublin Dental Hospital, Dublin Ireland
25 January 2008
22:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
Conference Report: 1st meeting of the Dutch Association of Experts for Sterile Medical Devices: "Design of Surgical Instruments - Patient Safety First" - November 22nd, 2007 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
25 January 2008
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
Conference Report: Annual DGSV Conference - October 3rd to 5th, 2007 in Fulda, Germany
24 January 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Sterilization Article added:
"The Standard for sterilisation packaging EN ISO 11607 - Definitions and concepts"

by Mireille De Cré [in English, PDF File ]
23 January 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [52] Decontamination of Anaesthesia and Respiratory Accessories
21 January 2008
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
3rd International Infection Control Conference
"Breakthrough in Infection Control"

30 August to 1 September 2008 - Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong SAR, China
20 January 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [51] Requirements for Construction or Conversion of a Hospital Central Sterile Supply Department Part 2 - Staff and Material Routes
18 January 2008
09:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IV. International Congress on Nosocomial Infection Prevention - 25/26/27 May 2008 - Znojmo, Czech Republic
18 January 2008
08:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual General IASSM Meeting - 26 January 2008 - Dublin Dental School & Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
18 January 2008
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Study Day - 23 February 2008 - Dublin Dental Hospital, Dublin Ireland
17 January 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM General Meeting & Educational Forum - 3 April 2008 - Aishling Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
17 January 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM General Meeting & Educational Forum - 29 May 2008 - Aishling Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
17 January 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM General Meeting & Educational Forum - 4 September 2008 - Aishling Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
15 January 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Gandus Saldatrici Packaging Machines
15 January 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Updates for 2008
13 January 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 6/07
02 January 2008
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Traceability
by Elisabeth Flórez [in Spanish]
30 December 2007
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Re-use of single use medical devices?
by Wim Renders [in English]
28 December 2007
15:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Validation in Healthcare
by Joost van Doornmalen [in English]
28 December 2007
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: CSSD Silvester Costume Party
19 December 2007
16:15 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments:
Draft international standard ISO/DIS 14937: Sterilization of health care products - General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process.
17 December 2007
07:45 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Comments on Sterilization
by Wim Renders [in English]
16 December 2007
20:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
CLEANICAL FORUM 2008 - 9th International Forum "Medical Devices and Processes": Process Control

February 29th, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
13 December 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Informer-Med
13 December 2007
10:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Informer-Med added
13 December 2007
10:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Subtil-Crepieux
08 December 2007
14:40 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Subtil-Crepieux
05 December 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
The Importance of Education for Central Sterilization Personnel
by Nancy Chobin [in Spanish]
03 December 2007
17:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Study Day - 23 February 2008 - Dublin Dental Hospital, Dublin Ireland
03 December 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
IASSM Conference Lectures added:
IASSM Conference 2007 - Lectures and Presentations
03 December 2007
10:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: A Curious Bacterium
01 December 2007
10:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Physics of Sterilization
by Joost van Doornmalen [in English]
29 November 2007
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Sterilization Article added:
"Thermal Disinfection - The A0 Concept and the Biological Background"

by Urs Rosenberg [in English, PDF File ]
26 November 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Subtil-Crepieux
26 November 2007
10:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Subtil-Crepieux added
24 November 2007
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference info update: Annual WFHSS and AIOS Conference 2008 - June 4th to June 7th, 2008 - Crowne Plaza Hotel, San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy
23 November 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
El Sal - En el Proceso de Esterilizacion
by Martha Rodríguez [in Spanish]
20 November 2007
17:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Educational Leaflets and Posters - new poster added: "Outil d’Analyse de la Charge de Travail d’un Service de Stérilisation Centrale" [in French]
18 November 2007
21:20 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Determinación Rápida de la Actividad de Proteasa en Detergentes Enzimáticos
by Sergio Benitez [in Spanish]
11 November 2007
11:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
La Detergencia
by Frédérique Olivier [in Spanish]
09 November 2007
16:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Opening Speech
by Wim Renders
08 November 2007
07:45 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 5/07
06 November 2007
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
IASSM Conference 2007 - Lectures and Presentations added: IASSM Conference Lectures page
04 November 2007
20:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
El Agua
by Martha Elena Rodríguez Silva [in Spanish]
31 October 2007
08:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Placebo Sterilization
27 October 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
27 October 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
II. International Sterilization Conference Turkey 2008 - February 21st to 24th, 2008 in Izmir, Turkey
26 October 2007
12:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info updated: Belimed AG
24 October 2007
21:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
IV Congreso Nacional de Profesionales en Centrales de Esterilización Hospitalaria - Lectures:
Acción Detersiva y Efecto Bactericida en el Control de las Infecciones Nosocomiales
by Adiela María Cortés [in Spanish]
23 October 2007
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
vDSMH Conference - Design of surgical instruments: safety (for the patient) first - November 22nd, 2007 - Medical Centre, University Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
22 October 2007
07:43 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: CSSD Technician - Healthscope - Mount Hospital in Perth, Western Australia
18 October 2007
23:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
"5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization" and "6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC" - 24/25/26/27 July 2008 - Sao Paolo, Brazil