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Friday, 03 July 2009, 03:09 [GMT]
02 July 2009
14:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: The Big Spender
26 June 2009
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
9th Brazilian Congress of Operating Room Nursing, Anesthetic Recovery and Material and Storage Sterilization

17-21 July 2009
Palácio das Convenções Anhembi, São Paulo, Brazil
20 June 2009
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
1st African Congress on Infection Prevention Control - 2009

21/22/23 September 2009
Speke Resort, Kampala, Uganda
20 June 2009
14:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: vDSMH - Vereniging van Deskundigen Steriele Medische Hulpmiddelen (The Netherlands)
17 June 2009
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual IASSM Conference 2009
6 November 2009
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland
15 June 2009
10:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 23 April 2009 - "Ophthalmology" - Lectures:
Validatie van was - en desinfectietoestellen, een hele uitdaging
by Dominique Couckuyt
15 June 2009
10:15 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 23 April 2009 - "Ophthalmology" - Lectures:
Reprocessing of ophthalmic instruments
by Dr. Andreas Brömmelhaus
15 June 2009
10:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 23 April 2009 - "Ophthalmology" - Lectures:
Oog in oog
by Walter Mertens; Francis Theeuwes
15 June 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Conference 2010 Proposals
WFHSS Board Members please vote by July 31st, 2009.
password-protected area password-protected / for WFHSS Board Members only
13 June 2009
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: HKSSMA - Hong Kong Sterile Services Management Association
06 June 2009
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Conference 2009 - Information for WFHSS Board Members
password-protected area password-protected / for WFHSS Board Members only
06 June 2009
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 October 2009
Creta & Terra Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
03 June 2009
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
3rd Sterilization Symposium

26 June 2009
Mardin, Turkey
03 June 2009
08:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual NZSSA Conference 2009

7/8/9 October 2009
Te Papa, New Zealand
03 June 2009
08:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
XVIII Congreso Internacional del CEDEST

28/29/30 October 2009
Castellón, Spain
03 June 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 October 2009
Creta & Terra Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
02 June 2009
07:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: The facts of life
30 May 2009
06:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 October 2009
Creta & Terra Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
27 May 2009
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 2/09
25 May 2009
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 October 2009
Creta & Terra Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
24 May 2009
13:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 23 April 2009 - "Ophthalmology" - Lectures:
Voorprogramma: Ecologische stap in de CSA: van vloeibaar naar solids
by Jan Sanders
24 May 2009
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Day
October 29th, 2009
Metropolis Antwerp, Belgium
24 May 2009
12:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
17 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Biological and chemical indicators
by Matijaž Prešern
15 May 2009
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
International IHCC Congress on Infection Control and Sterilization in Hospitals - 8/9 July 2009 - Tehran Heart Center, Tehran, Iran
15 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Sterile Container Packaging System
by Daniel Söll
13 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Pack Safely! Properties and Demands of Good Packaging Materials
by Mr.Sc Hanna-Kaisa Kyyrönen
11 May 2009
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new NHS National Online Decontamination Training Programme
11 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Total solution for endoscope reprocessing
by Dr. Lionel Pineau
09 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Reprocessing of complex surgical instruments
by Ben Siegmund
07 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Sterilisation and disinfection in small clinics, private practices and dentistry
by Gert Linder
05 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
New methods to monitor steam penetration into complex medical devices (MD) using Medical Device Simulators (MDS) and Batch Monitoring Systems (BMS)
by Dr. Ulrich Kaiser
04 May 2009
07:03 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: CSSD Technical Officer (Wockhardt Hospitals LTD., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
03 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Penetration tests according to ISO 11140
by Joost van Doornmalen
01 May 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
VHP Sterilization and Prion Inactivation
by Dr. Georgia Alevizopoulou
29 April 2009
08:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: In dubio pro reo - Innocent until proven guilty
29 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Advances in hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilization
by Tatiana Yermakova
29 April 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
T3 (United Arab Emirates)
29 April 2009
06:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization T3 - www.t3.ae (United Arab Emirates) added
27 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Low temperature steam ethylene oxide and low temperature steam formaldehyde sterilisation
by Rudi Salzbrunn
23 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Manual reprocessing of surgical instruments
by Wolfgang Merkens
23 April 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V. International Congress on Nosocomial Infection Prevention - 24/25/26 May 2009 - Hotel Atlantis Brno Rozdrojovice, Czech Republic
21 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Reprocessing of flexible endoscopes
by Rudolf Glasmacher
21 April 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V Congreso Nacional de Centrales de Esterilización - 14/15/16 August 2009 - Bucaramanga, Colombia
21 April 2009
06:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: ACPCE - Asociación Colombiana de Profesionales de Centrales de Esterilización
21 April 2009
05:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to WFHSS Member organization ACPCE - Asociación Colombiana de Profesionales de Centrales de Esterilización updated
20 April 2009
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
19 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Sterilization - recent changes to EN285 and EN ISO 15882
by Peter Newson
18 April 2009
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
DSAM - Disinfection and Sterilization Association of Macedonia
18 April 2009
13:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization DSAM - Disinfection and Sterilization Association of Macedonia added
18 April 2009
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IASSM - Irish Association of Sterile Services Managers
17 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Sterilisation equipment characteristics - validation
by Günter Dotter
16 April 2009
07:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
XVI. Annual General Meeting of PSSSM Members
22/23/24 April 2009
Wroclaw, Poland
15 April 2009
10:50 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to WFHSS Member organization HKSSMA - Hong Kong Sterile Services Management Association updated
15 April 2009
10:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: HKSSMA - Hong Kong Sterile Services Management Association
15 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
General information on application technologies, disinfection and detergents in automatic reprocessing of medical devices
by Jürgen Staffeldt
13 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Validation of washing and disinfection procedures - performance testing
by Winfried Michels
11 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Qualification of equipment for washing and disinfection - validation
by Winfried Michels
09 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Validated procedures in CSSD - Basic knowledge and requirements
by Anke Carter
07 April 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Profile of sterilisation managers and workers - educational programme
by Anke Carter
05 April 2009
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop 25-28 March 2009 - Sterilisation and Disinfection - Lectures
Place and role of sterilisation and disinfection in health care systems
by Bengt Ternström
03 April 2009
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2009
"Innovation in Sterilization"
- 3/4 June 2009 - Regensdorf, Switzerland
30 March 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: The Sixth Sense
24 March 2009
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to Ta3qym - www.t3.ae (United Arab Emirates) added
23 March 2009
09:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Workshop Info Update:
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop - Sterilisation and Disinfection
March 25th to 28th, 2009
Opatija, Croatia
13 March 2009
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: SASIC - Swedish Association for Sterilization and Infection Control
13 March 2009
17:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: GKE GmbH
13 March 2009
08:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 23 April 2009 - "Ophthalmology"
Auditorium Kinsbergen, UZ Antwerpen, Belgium
13 March 2009
07:45 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Advances in Low Temperature Sterilization
by Dr. Gerald McDonnell
11 March 2009
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
CSC Autumn Congress 2009 - 40th CSC Anniversary
13/14 November 2009
"De Reehorst", Ede, The Netherlands
11 March 2009
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: CSC - Central Sterilization Club (The Netherlands)
11 March 2009
13:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: Central Sterile Manager (UNC Health Care / Chapel Hill, NC, United States)
10 March 2009
17:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
4th International Basle Symposium, 4th December 2008 - Ready for Reprocessing?! - Conference Report
by Peter Heeg, Gudrun Westermann
10 March 2009
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
Annual DGSV Conference 2008 - Systematic Decontamination: Techniques, Quality and Risk Containment - Conference Report
by Anke Carter, Christiaan Meijer, Gudrun Westermann
03 March 2009
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IASSM - Irish Association of Sterile Services Managers
03 March 2009
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [58] Requirements for Construction or Conversion of a Hospital Central Sterile Supply Department Part 3 - Technical and Functional Fittings and their Installation
02 March 2009
14:45 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 1/09
02 March 2009
13:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [57] Physical Data for Routine Control in Washer-Disinfectors
27 February 2009
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
FSRACA - Federal Sterilising Research and Advisory Councils of Australia (Australia)
26 February 2009
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
IASSM Studyday 21 February 2009
Lectures and Presentations



by Paul Jenkins
26 February 2009
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
6th National DAS Sterilization Disinfection Congress
1-5 April 2009
Kremlin Palace, Kundu, Antalya, Turkey
25 February 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Extended Hand Wash Order
23 February 2009
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: SBA - Sterile Barrier Association
21 February 2009
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
17 February 2009
14:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: BAG Health Care GmbH
17 February 2009
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner BAG Health Care GmbH added
17 February 2009
09:30 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
WFHSS Publications pages redesigned and updated
16 February 2009
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Gandus Saldatrici Srl
11 February 2009
16:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: HUMS-te - Croatian Association for Hospital Sterile Supply
07 February 2009
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Courses Calendar Update:
IHCC Seminar: Methods for decreasing infection caused by wrong sterilization
5 March 2009
Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
07 February 2009
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Courses Calendar Update:
IHCC Seminar: Tracing sterilizers and life time of sterilized packs
4 May 2009
Mashhad University, Mashhad, Iran
07 February 2009
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Courses Calendar Update:
IHCC Seminar: Facts of Biological and Chemical Indicators
29 June 2009
Tabriz University & Razvi Hospital, Tabriz, Iran
07 February 2009
17:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IHCC - Iranian Health Care Centers
03 February 2009
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IASSM - Irish Association of Sterile Services Managers
29 January 2009
20:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
28 January 2009
21:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Bureau Veritas Group
28 January 2009
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
Industrial Partner link update: Bureau Veritas Group
23 January 2009
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Workshop Info Update:
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop - Sterilisation and Disinfection
March 25th to 28th, 2009
Opatija, Croatia
22 January 2009
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: No Comment
21 January 2009
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Workshop Info Update:
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop - Sterilisation and Disinfection
March 25th to 28th, 2009
Opatija, Croatia
14 January 2009
13:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Studyday
21 February 2009
Dublin Dental School & Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
12 January 2009
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 October 2009
Creta & Terra Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
07 January 2009
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Afternoon - "Ophthalmology"
April 23rd, 2009
Auditorium Kinsbergen, UZ Antwerpen, Belgium
07 January 2009
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Day
October 29th, 2009
Metropolis Antwerp, Belgium
27 December 2008
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Wise Foresight
26 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: AFS - Association Française de Stérilisation
22 December 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 6/08
18 December 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
14th MSSA Annual General Meeting, Conference & Exhibition
True Knowledge, Advocate Excellent Practice
- 24-27 March 2009 in Sarawak, Malaysia
17 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Indicadores de calidad en esterlización
by Fabiola Casas [in Portuguese]
17 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Embalagens para esterilização - O que você precisa saber sobre: Normas técnicas
by Roberto Pereira [in Portuguese]
16 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Plasma de Peróxido de Hidrogênio
by Denise Demarzo [in Portuguese]
16 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Ácido peracético: Alternativa para desinfecção de alto nível
by Helvia Körting [in Portuguese]
15 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Água tratada por método de osmose reversa: Mitos X Realidade e a Sustentabilidade do Planeta
by Alexandre Hermini [in Portuguese]
15 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Água tratada por método de osmose reversa: Mitos X Realidade e a Sustentabilidade do Planeta
by Silma Pinheiro [in Portuguese]
14 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Cleaning Verification Importance of clean instruments and the requirements for residue testing methods
by Martin Pfeifer
13 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Configuration of Surgical Instruments: Influence and Validation of the Cleaning Process according to ISO 17664
by Klaus Roth
13 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


The future of sterilization/disinfection
by Wim Renders
12 December 2008
23:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Workshop Info Update:
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop - Sterilisation and Disinfection
March 25th to 28th, 2009
Opatija, Croatia
12 December 2008
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Schülke & Mayr GmbH
12 December 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Schülke & Mayr added
12 December 2008
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Famos Medizintechnik
12 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Implicações Legais Relacionadas ao Processamento de Artigos que Constam da Lista de Proibições RE 2605/2606
by Luciana Pereira [in Portuguese]
12 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Noções Básicas de um Projeto de uma Central de Materiais e Esterilização
by Marcus Vinicius [in Portuguese]
11 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Estratégias de Redução da Infecção do Sítio Cirúrgico
by Kathleen Stoessel [in Portuguese]
11 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Influência do processamento dos materiais no controle de infecções
by Maria de Lourdes Ravanello [in Portuguese]
10 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Aspectos éticose legais da formação profissionalpara a atuação em CME
by Genival de Freitas [in Portuguese]
10 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


I Fórum de Ensino da América Latina
by Maria Belén Salazar Posso [in Portuguese]
09 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


I Fórum de Ensino da América Latina
by Maria Alice Paes Lira Lisboa [in Portuguese]
09 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


I Fórum de Ensino da América Latina
by Jeane Aparecida Gonzales Bronzatti [in Portuguese]
08 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Aspectos relevantes na escolha do sistema de purificação de água para o CME
by Ricardo Y Tsukamoto [in Portuguese]
08 December 2008
12:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Report
by Griet Missant
08 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Cuidados com o ar condicionado para o controle de partículas em suspensão
by Marcelo Luiz Pereira [in Portuguese]
07 December 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Courses Calendar Update:
International Annual Meeting and Scientific Workshop - Sterilisation and Disinfection
March 25th to 28th, 2009
Opatija, Croatia
07 December 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: HUMS-te - Croatian Association for Hospital Sterile Supply - Hrvatska Udruga Medicinske Sterilizacije
07 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Sterilization in Europe
by Wim Renders
06 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Realidad de las Centrales de Esterilización en Latinoamérica
by Póla Brener [in Portuguese]
06 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Panorama Mundial das Centrais de Materiais e Esterilização: Avaliação Brasil
by Ligia Calicchio [in Portuguese]
05 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Central Sterile Reprocessing
by Jaqueline Daley
05 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


NR 32 - Segurança e saúde no trabalho em serviços de saúde
by Noeli Martins [in Portuguese]
04 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Segurança do Paciente no século XXI e as Perspectivas para a CME
by Ana Maria Ferreira Miranda [in Portuguese]
04 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Sistema de Rastreabilidade no CME: A Informatização é a Solução?
by Janete Akamine [in Portuguese]
03 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Sistema de Rastreabilidade na CME: A Informática é a SOLUÇÃO?
by Gessilene Barbosa [in Portuguese]
03 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Endoscópios
by Paulo Matera [in Portuguese]
02 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


A responsabilidade do enfermeiro de CME e SCIH frente à sociedade relacionada aos surtos de infecção Hospitalar
by Isabel Cristina de Oliveira Guerra [in Portuguese]
02 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Investigação de surtos em serviços de saúde: ações desenvolvidas pela A ANVISA
by [Fabiana] Leandro Queiroz Santi [in Portuguese]
01 December 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Responsabilidade do SCIH frente a sociedade: relacionada aos surtos de infecção hospitalar
by Antonio Fernandes [in Portuguese]
01 December 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Segurança no Processo de Esterilização de Motores
by Vania Gouveia [in Portuguese]
30 November 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
5th Pan-American Congress on Sterilization
6th International Symposium of Sterilization and Hospital Infection Control - SOBECC
Lectures and Presentations


Gestão de resíduos hospitalares na CME
by Dulce Regina Batista Carmo [in Portuguese]
25 November 2008
13:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Courses Calendar Update:
5 Day Theoretical and Practical Education Programme - 22-26 December 2008 - Dokuz Eylul University Hospital CSSD, Turkey
23 November 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
23 November 2008
20:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Openingswoord voorzitter
by Wim Renders
[in Dutch/Flemish]
22 November 2008
14:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
CLEANICAL FORUM 2009 - 10th International Forum "Medical Devices and Processes": Users and Experts - February 27th, 2009 in Berlin, Germany
18 November 2008
15:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: ArjoWiggins - Medical & Hospital Paper
18 November 2008
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner ArjoWiggins added
18 November 2008WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Famos Medizintechnik
17 November 2008
23:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Famos Medizintechnik added/updated
17 November 2008
22:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
IHCC - Iranian Health Care centers (Iran)
17 November 2008
22:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization IHCC - Iranian Health Care centers (Iran) added
17 November 2008
08:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy agents: safe working and the prevention of infection
Guidance from the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens' TSE Working Group

by United Kingdom Department of Health - ACDP TSE Working Group
15 November 2008
14:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
SFHSS - Saudi Forum for Hospital Sterilization Services (Saudi Arabia)
15 November 2008
13:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization SFHSS - Saudi Forum for Hospital Sterilization Services (Saudi Arabia) added
14 November 2008
19:45 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 5/08
14 November 2008
13:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 October 2009
Creta & Terra Maris Conference Center, Crete, Greece
13 November 2008
10:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
III. International Sterilization Conference Turkey 2008 - February 18th to 22nd, 2009 in Izmir, Turkey
12 November 2008
23:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Courses Calendar Update:
Advanced Course in Sterilization Technology and Qualifying Course for Authorising Engineer (Decontamination)
Year 2009 - Week One: 19th to 23st January 2009
Codicote, Herts, United Kingdom
12 November 2008
22:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Wet Loads - an avoidable problem
(Booklet by Jack van Asten and Tim Galekop)
12 November 2008
10:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Alles wat u altijd al over sterilisatortesten wilde weten (maar nooit durfde te vragen)
by Henk Ras
[in Dutch/Flemish]
12 November 2008
09:45 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Draadloze procescontrole met ebro dataloggers
by Jo Suys
[in Dutch/Flemish]
12 November 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
11 November 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Guideline for the Validation of the Sealing Process according to DIN EN ISO 11607-2
by Anke Carter
09 November 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Bacteria Literacy
03 November 2008
11:21 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: International Customer Support Engineer, for Belimed AG worldwide
30 October 2008
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Synergy Health plc
30 October 2008
16:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to Industrial Partner Synergy Health plc updated
29 October 2008
02:50 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: International Sales Manager - gke GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany
28 October 2008
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: CFSA - CSSD Forums of South Africa
25 October 2008
12:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
De Belgische CSA...toen en nu
by Machiel Jan Bot
[in Dutch/Flemish]
25 October 2008
12:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Bowie & Dick test en validatie
by Jan-Jacob Pattijn
[in Dutch/Flemish]
25 October 2008
11:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - 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
25 October 2008
11:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Aspects of Steam Sterilization Process Monitoring: from Huckaback Towels to ETS and what Standards do and don't cover
by Klaus Hahnen
25 October 2008
09:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures:
Bowie and Dick test and validation?
by Emiel Goovaerts
25 October 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Day 16 October 2008 - "Does routine testing make sense?" - Lectures
24 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
22 October 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Board Member Section
Practical Training Programme of the World Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply
(Info and Applications Forms)
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual General IASSM Meeting
24 January 2009
Dublin Dental School & Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Study Day
21 February 2009
Dublin Dental School & Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Members General Meeting & Education Forum
2 April 2009
Aishling Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Members General Meeting & Education Forum
28 May 2009
Aishling Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Managers Study Day
25 June 2009
Ireland
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Members General Meeting & Education Forum
3 September 2009
Aishling Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
21 October 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual IASSM Conference 2009
6 November 2009
Ireland
17 October 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
XX Jornada de Esterilización
IV Jornada Bonaerense de Esterilización
November 8th, 2008
La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
16 October 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Medisafe International
03 October 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Operating Manual
01 October 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Conference 2008 - "Audit aftershock" - 7/8 November 2008 in Dublin-Blanchardstown, Ireland
30 September 2008
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Statement to Support Education Proposal
30 September 2008
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Nomination Form for Executive Committee Membership
29 September 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Bylaws (Draft)
20 September 2008
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
SGSV Seminar and Member Meeting 1. April 2008
"Validating CD Equipment Processes according to ISO EN 15883"
Lectures and Presentations


Validierung aus Sicht eines Leiters ZSVA
by Marcel Wenk (Leiter ZSVA Universitätsspital Basel) [in German]
20 September 2008
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
SGSV Seminar and Member Meeting 1. April 2008
"Validating CD Equipment Processes according to ISO EN 15883"
Lectures and Presentations


Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit - praxisorientierte Validierung maschineller Aufbereitungsprozesse
by Marcel Eigenmann (Belimed Sauter AG) [in German]
20 September 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
SGSV Seminar and Member Meeting 1. April 2008
"Validating CD Equipment Processes according to ISO EN 15883"
Lectures and Presentations


Bewertung der Reinigungsleistung - eine kritische Analyse
by Dr. Urs Rosenberg (Borer Chemie AG) [in German]
20 September 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
SGSV Seminar and Member Meeting 1. April 2008
"Validating CD Equipment Processes according to ISO EN 15883"
Lectures and Presentations


Praktische Aspekte der Leitlinie - Leistungsprüfung
by Dr. Winfried Michels (Miele Professional) [in German]
17 September 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [56] Performance Requalification on Changing the Process Chemicals
12 September 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [55] Decontamination of Motor Systems
12 September 2008
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 4/08
09 September 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE): Code of Practice for Decontamination of Reusable Invasive Medical Devices
09 September 2008
07:50 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to HSE - Health Service Executive (Ireland) added
05 September 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: PMS Medikal
05 September 2008
19:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner PMS Medikal added
02 September 2008
10:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Day - October 16th, 2008 - Brouwgebouw Lamot, Mechelen, Belgium
01 September 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Flabbergasted Bacteria
30 August 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual WFHSS and GORNA Conference 2009

7/8/9/10 Ocotber 2009
Creta Maris Hotel, Crete, Greece
27 August 2008
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Conference 2008 - "Audit aftershock" - 7/8 November 2008 in Dublin-Blanchardstown, Ireland
16 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Reise zum Mars: medizinische und biologische Aspekte
by Dr. Augusto Cogoli [in German]
16 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Voyage vers Mars: aspects médicaux et biologiques
by Dr. Augusto Cogoli [in French]
15 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:

by Pascal Clayette
15 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Présentation des résultats in-vivo et in-vitro des études d’efficacité des STERRAD contre les prions
by Pascal Clayette [in French]
14 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz
by Andreas Martens [in German]
14 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Protection de la santé et sécurité au travail
by Andreas Martens [in French]
13 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Einweg vs. Mehrweg - ökonomischer Standpunkt
by Hervé Ney [in German]
13 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Usage unique versus recyclable - point de vue économique
by Hervé Ney [in French]
12 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Gewebe im OP-Saal: Einweg- oder waschbare Textilien? Welches sind die Kosten?
by Antonio Di Iorio [in German]
12 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Les textiles en salle d’OP: à usage unique ou recyclables? Quid des coûts?
by Antonio Di Iorio [in French]
12 August 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
RFDI coding of instruments
by Christine Denis
11 August 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual IDSc Conference and Exhibition 2008

23 to 26 November 2008
Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, United Kingdom
11 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Umwelt und Sterilisation: eine Herausforderung für alle
by Miguel Gonzalez [in German]
11 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Environnement et stérilisation, un challenge pour tous
by Miguel Gonzalez [in French]
10 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Wassersparsysteme für Vakuumpumpen: ökologische und ökonomische Vorteile?
by Dominique Goullet [in German]
10 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Les systèmes économiseur d’eau pour les pompes à vides amènent-ils un plus sur les plans environnemental et économique?
by Dominique Goullet [in French]
09 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Installation von RDG und Energierückgewinnung
by Eliane Chassot [in German]
09 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Installation de LD et récupération d’énergie
by Eliane Chassot [in French]
08 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Neueste Entwicklungen bei der Wiederaufbereitung von Medizinprodukten
by Andreas Schneider [in German]
08 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Derniers développements en matière de retraitement de dispositifs médicaux
by Andreas Schneider [in French]
08 August 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Skills and responsibilities of support staff in sterilization centres
by A. Luperi, S. Casucci, R. Castellani Mannocci [in Italian]
07 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Materialwahl - was ist wichtig?
by Simone Consonni [in German]
07 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Choix de matériel - de quoi faut-il tenir compte?
by Simone Consonni [in French]
06 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Abfallentsorgungskonzept im Spital
by Maria-Luisa Herrero [in German]
06 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Concept d’élimination des déchets à l’hôpital
by Maria-Luisa Herrero [in French]
05 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Entsorgung und Recycling von Kunststoffen im Gesundheitswesen
by Rénald Egloff [in German]
05 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Elimination et recyclage des produits synthétiques dans les établissements de santé publique
by Rénald Egloff [in French]
05 August 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
School for sterilization operators. The Swiss experience
by Fredy Cavin
04 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Desinfektion in Spitälern: Abwasserproblem?
by Flavia Leonardi [in German]
04 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
La désinfection dans les hôpitaux: un problème pour les eaux?
by Flavia Leonardi [in French]
03 August 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: A visit into the world of Hagar
03 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Umweltrelevanz und biologische Abbaubarkeit von chemischen Produkten - Kommunikation in Sicherheitsdatenblättern
by Dr. Andreas Häner [in German]
03 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Impact écologique et dégradabilité biologique des produits chimiques: les informations des fiches de données de sécurité
by Dr. Andreas Häner [in French]
02 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Lebenszyklusanalyse. Ein Tool zur Berücksichtigung der Umwelt bei Entscheidungen: Anwendung bei Einwegmaterial
by Dr. Yves Loerincik [in German]
02 August 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
L’analyse du cycle de vie, un outil pour intégrer le paramètre environnement dans la prise de décision
by Dr. Yves Loerincik [in French]
29 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
EN 13060 Standard
by L. Kingston
27 July 2008
11:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference and Meeting 2008 - Lectures:
Introduction and History of the Society
by Frédy Cavin [in German]
26 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
EN ISO 17665-1 Standard
by Dario Pistolesi [in Italian]
25 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Evolution of the European technical standards in the field of sterilization
by G. Salerio [in Italian]
24 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Steam sterilizer for mobile field hospitals
by Dario Pistolesi [in Italian]
22 July 2008
11:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Conference 2008 - 7/8 November 2008 in Dublin-Blanchardstown, Ireland
22 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Sterilization in the field
by Pascale Choquenet
17 July 2008
12:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Intra-hospital emergency plan for massive inflow of injured patients (PEIMAF)
by Gianluca Serafini [in Italian]
15 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Restructuring the CSSD at a University Hospital: Methodology and analysis
by F. Weekers
14 July 2008
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Risk analysis in sterilization centres
by Daniela Barzanó [in Italian]
12 July 2008
17:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Accreditation with JCI (Joint Commission International)
by C. Moiset [in Italian]
11 July 2008
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
KACSDN - Korea Association of Central Supply Department Nurses (South Korea)
11 July 2008
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization KACSDN - Korea Association of Central Supply Department Nurses (South Korea) added
10 July 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
05 July 2008
10:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: SGSV/SSSH/SSSO - Swiss Society for Sterile Suppy
04 July 2008
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 - Report
by Walter Accoe
04 July 2008
18:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Sterilization of Medical Supplies as a Health Right in Turkey
by Duygu Esel
02 July 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IASSM Conference 2008 - 7/8 November 2008
02 July 2008
11:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendation by Swissmedic [in German and French]: Guidelines for using small steam sterilizers
01 July 2008
17:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Patient Safety: Time for a process redesign
by Gina Pugliese
01 July 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Secret Formula - How to obtain a wrinkle-free wrap
01 July 2008
14:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Gandus Saldatrici Packaging Machines
29 June 2008
21:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual DGSV Conference 2008 - 2/3/4 October 2008 in Fulda, Germany
29 June 2008
13:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS and AIOS World Congress 2008 Lectures:
Health Care Governance
by Barbara Mangiacavalli [in Italian]
26 June 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
5th Panamerican Sterilization Conference - 24/25/26/27 July 2008 - Sao Paolo, Brazil
24 June 2008
22:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 2/08
24 June 2008
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop Calendar Update:
10th Educational DAS Seminar on Sterilization - 5th July 2008 - Trabzon, Turkey
24 June 2008
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop Calendar Update:
11th Educational DAS Seminar on Sterilization - 16th August 2008 - Kayseri, Turkey
24 June 2008
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop Calendar Update:
12th Educational DAS Seminar on Sterilization - 18th October 2008 - Adana, Turkey
24 June 2008
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop Calendar Update:
Second DAS School - 17th to 21st December 2008 - Kizilcahamam, Ankara, Turkey
24 June 2008
10:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: SGSV/SSSH/SSSO - Swiss Society for Sterile Suppy
15 June 2008
12:45 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS Conference 2008 Lectures:

by Wim Renders
15 June 2008
11:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
WFHSS Conference 2008 Lectures:

by Wim Renders
13 June 2008
12:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: ANES - Associação Nacional de Esterilização (Portugal)
13 June 2008
12:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to WFHSS Member organization ANES - Associação Nacional de Esterilização (Portugal) added
10 June 2008
18:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar update: Annual NZSSA Conference 2008 "Join the Rush - Knowledge is Gold" - 19/20/21 November 2008 - Queensland, New Zealand
04 June 2008
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: AIOS and WFHSS Conference in Milan, Italy
01 June 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
30th National Sterilisation Days 2008 - Lectures:
Sterilization - is it useful?
by Wim Renders
30 May 2008
12:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
30 May 2008
10:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Day - October 16th, 2008 - Brouwgebouw Lamot, Mechelen, Belgium
30 May 2008
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Pharmalabel BV
30 May 2008
08:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Pharmalabel BV added
30 May 2008WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Congress Organisation Manual
30 May 2008WFHSS Board Member Section
WFHSS Bylaws (Draft)
29 May 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop Calendar Update:
MSÜD Sterilization Seminar 4 - 26 June 2008 - Class Hotel, Diyarbakir, Turkey
29 May 2008
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop Calendar Update:
5 Day Theoretical and Practical Education Programme - 16-20 June 2008 - Dokuz Eylul University Hospital CSSD, Turkey
23 May 2008
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 May 2008
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [54] Performance Requalification for No Particular Reason
22 May 2008
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 - Report
by Walter Accoe [in Dutch/Flemish]
22 May 2008
17:45 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 Lectures:
Communicatie CSA - OK
by Wouter Meert [in Dutch/Flemish]
22 May 2008
17:15 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 Lectures:
Microbiologische vereisten van oppervlakken en lucht op de CSA
by Mia Vande Putte [in Dutch/Flemish]
22 May 2008
17:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 Lectures:
Lay-out en inrichting CSA
by Alex de Block [in Dutch/Flemish]
22 May 2008
16:45 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2008
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 April 2008 Lectures:
Betrokkenheid CSA bij bouwen/verbouwen
by Jan Wilterdink [in Dutch/Flemish]
20 May 2008
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [53] Verification of Completeness of Validation Protocols for WD Processes
12 May 2008
13:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Gandus Saldatrici Packaging Machines
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
18 October 2007
12:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: ACPCE - Asociación Colombiana de Profesionales de Centrales de Esterilización
17 October 2007
08:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Conference 2007 - 2/3 November 2007 - Grand Hotel, Malahide, Ireland
16 October 2007
07:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
2. International Sterilization Conference Turkey 2008 - February 21st to 24th, 2008 in Izmir, Turkey
12 October 2007
22:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
12 October 2007
21:00 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments:
DRAFT prEN 868 "Packaging materials for terminally sterilized medical devices" - Parts 2 to 9

Draft European Standards submitted to CEN members for enquiry
12 October 2007
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
IDSc Pre-conference Symposium - 26 November 2007 - Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, United Kingdom
11 October 2007
19:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
5th Panamerican Sterilization Conference - 24/25/26/27 July 2008 - Sao Paolo, Brazil
10 October 2007
16:40 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
SOBECC - Sociedade Brasileira de Enfermeiros de Centro Cirúrgico (Brazil)
10 October 2007
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization SOBECC - Sociedade Brasileira de Enfermeiros de Centro Cirúrgico (Brazil) added
10 October 2007
08:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop info update:
WFHSS Workshop - 6/7/8 December 2007 in Bydgoszcz, Poland
05 October 2007
18:35 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Conference 2007 - 2/3 November 2007 - Grand Hotel, Malahide, Ireland
04 October 2007
16:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
IASSM Conference 2007 - 2/3 November 2007 - Grand Hotel, Malahide, Ireland
24 September 2007
08:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Polite Microbes
18 September 2007
15:40 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
18 September 2007
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Symposium for OR, Infection Control and CSSD professionals - October 16th, 2007 - Brabanthal, Leuven, Belgium
18 September 2007
09:30 [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
14 September 2007
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info updated: Gandus Saldatrici Srl - Packaging Machines
13 September 2007
13:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
10 September 2007
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
V.S.Z Study Day - October 25th, 2007 - Brouwgebouw Lamot te Mechelen, Belgium
09 September 2007
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
International Specialist Training Courses
Sterile Processing Technician with extended terms of reference Level II

November 5th to November 14th, 2007 in Berlin, Germany
Only a few places left for this seminar - book now!
09 September 2007
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
International Specialist Training Courses
Sterile Processing Technican Course, Level I

March 31st to April 10th, 2008 in Tuttlingen, Germany
09 September 2007
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
International Specialist Training Courses
Sterile Processing Technican with terms of reference Level II

October 27th to November 6th, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
03 September 2007
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
vDSMH Conference - Design of surgical instruments: safety (for the patient) first - November 22nd, 2007 - Auditorium of the UMC St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
03 September 2007
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Annual IDSc Conference and Exhibition 2007 - November 26th to 28th, 2007 - Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, United Kingdom
24 August 2007
09:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Frustrated Bacterium
19 August 2007
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
Informa 2007 - Sterilisation for Medical Devices - Post-Conference Workshop
6 December 2007 in Berlin, Germany
19 August 2007
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Informa 2007 - Sterilisation for Medical Devices - December 4th to 5th, 2007 - Kempinski Hotel Bristol, Berlin, Germany
19 August 2007
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop calendar update:
Informa 2007 - Sterilisation for Medical Devices - Pre-Conference Workshop
3 December 2007 in Berlin, Germany
18 August 2007
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
2. National Sterilization Conference Turkey 2008 - February 21st to 24th, 2008 in Izmir, Turkey
18 August 2007
17:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: CFSA - CSSD Forums of South Africa
31 July 2007
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: CSSD Technician - Parkway Central Sterilisation Service, Singapore
30 July 2007
10:55 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: IASSM - Irish Association of Sterile Services Managers
27 July 2007
08:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
General IASSM Meeting 1 September 2007 - Dublin Dental School and Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
20 July 2007
08:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Team Spirit
16 July 2007
14:44 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: TECHNICAL SERVICE SPECIALIST STERILISATION EU - VirdisPharma in Oxford, United Kingdom
16 July 2007
08:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Guideline Compiled by the DGKH, DGSV and AKI for Validation and Routine Monitoring of Automated Cleaning and Disinfection Processes for Heat-Resistant Medical Devices as Well as Advice on Selecting Washer-Disinfectors
13 July 2007
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [50] Requirements for Construction or Conversion of a Hospital Central Sterile Supply Department
11 July 2007
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar update:
CLEANICAL FORUM 2008 - 9. Internationales Forum "Medizinprodukte und Prozesse": Prozesskontrolle

February 29th, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
09 July 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: Infection Controller - ICD MINISTRY OF HEALTH in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
27 June 2007
12:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
Conference Report: Annual WFHSS and ÖGSV Conference - May 3rd to 5th, 2007 in Baden, Austria
27 June 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
JSMI - Japanese Society of Medical Instrumentation (Japan)
27 June 2007
10:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization JSMI - Japanese Society of Medical Instrumentation (Japan) added
25 June 2007
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 3/07
24 June 2007
10:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
ISA Conference Lecture added
What Steam Sterilization Cycle Should I Run? [in Hebrew]
24 June 2007
10:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
ISA Conference Lecture added
Does cleaner mean healthier? [in Hebrew]
24 June 2007
09:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
ISA Conference Lecture added
Machine-based cleaning and disinfecting process
24 June 2007
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
ISA Conference Lecture added
The smaller the instrument, the bigger the task
24 June 2007
08:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
ISA Conference Lecture added
Infection Control Past Present and Today in Israel
23 June 2007
11:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
SCSTS - Studies in Central Supply and Techniques of Sterilization (Japan)
23 June 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new WFHSS Member organization SCSTS - Studies in Central Supply and Techniques of Sterilization (Japan) added
20 June 2007
17:20 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info updated: Kimberly-Clark Health Care
20 June 2007
17:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to Industrial Partner Kimberly-Clark Health Care updated
20 June 2007
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar update: Annual NZSSA Conference 2007 "Moving with the Times" - 14/15/16 November 2007 - Napier, New Zealand
16 June 2007
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Kimberly-Clark Health Care
16 June 2007
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Kimberly-Clark Health Care added
15 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Outsourcing: Point of View of the Public Health Authority
15 June 2007
10:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Time or event related sterility, that is the question
15 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Wood Fiber Products in Health Care
14 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Instrument Traceability with RFID
14 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
3 Years Experience with Certification of Reprocessing Based on the German RKI/BfArM Recommendations
13 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
QM: They way to Certification according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485
13 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
"Credentialing" in Queensland
12 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
The Role of Nursing in the Processing of Medical Products
12 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Influence of different Parameters on the Cleaning of flexible Endoscopes
11 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Testing and Validation of Cleaning - Disinfection Processes for flexible Endoscopes
11 June 2007
07:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Testing and Validation: Crash, Breakdown and Bad Luck
10 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Validation of Cleaning and Disinfection Processes in WDs: Implementation of the OEGSV Guideline
10 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Validation of Sterilisation Processes - a Practical View
09 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
(v)CJD and Reprocessing of Medical Products
09 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Evaluation of the Endotoxin Risk Posed by Use of Contaminated Water during Sterilisation
08 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Instructions for Reuse - Beware when buying
08 June 2007
09:30 [GMT]
WFHSS WebShop
WFHSS WebShop update
08 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Investigation of Cleaning Efficacy conducted by Cleaning Evaluation/Determination Working Group in Japanese Hospital Settings
07 June 2007
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: ASHCSP - American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals
07 June 2007
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new Book Recommendation: ASHCSP Instructor’s Guide: Training Manual for Healthcare Central Service Technicians - 5th edition, 2005
07 June 2007
16:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new Book Recommendation: ASHCSP Workbook for Central Service Technicians - 5th edition, 2005
07 June 2007
16:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new Book Recommendation: Libro de Trabajo para el Entrenamiento de los Técnicos de Central de Equipos y Esterilización
07 June 2007
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new Book Recommendation: ASHCSP Training Manual for Central Service Technicians - 5th edition, 2005
07 June 2007
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new Book Recommendation: Manual de Entrenamiento para Técnicos en Central de Equipos y Esterilización
07 June 2007
14:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Development of a Routine Control Plan Concerning Detection of Protein Residuals in MIS Instruments
07 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Comparative Investigations Concerning Protein Detection on/in Medical Products
06 June 2007
11:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 May 2007 Lectures:
Ultrasoon Reinigen - Technieken en Toepassingen
by Ries van den Berg [in Dutch/Flemish]
06 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Loaner instrumentation, the Dutch approach
05 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Acquisition of WDs (Washer-Disinfectors)
04 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Acquisition of Medical Products
03 June 2007
10:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Legal Aspects of Medical Product Reprocessing
03 June 2007
09:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 May 2007 Lectures:
Manuele (voor)-behandeling van medisch materiaal en instrumenten in de CSA
by René Veugelaers [in Dutch/Flemish]
03 June 2007
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 May 2007 Lectures:
Ultrason practisch
by George Eckebus [in Dutch/Flemish]
02 June 2007
12:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
V.S.Z Study Afternoon 24 May 2007 Lectures:
Introduction
by Wim Renders [in Dutch/Flemish]
02 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Generation of a Processing Instruction According to ISO 17664
01 June 2007
08:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
EN ISO 15883 - A Milestone?
31 May 2007
10:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Hygienic Management of Medical Devices in/for Health Care Facilities: The Austrian Approach
30 May 2007
17:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Safety of Medical Devices
Medical Device Vigilance and Reporting
29 May 2007
10:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Processing of Medical Products in Malaysia
29 May 2007
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
ASHCSP 2007: Gateway to Success - 15 to 18 September 2007 - St Louis, United States
26 May 2007
09:00 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
Meeting the Informative Needs of a Multinational Forum
26 May 2007
08:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS/ÖGSV Conference Abstracts
24 May 2007
17:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Warwick SASCo Ltd
24 May 2007
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Warwick SASCo Ltd added
15 May 2007
18:30 [GMT]
Past Conferences 2007
WFHSS Conference Lecture added
WFHSS Conference 2007 - Lectures and Presentations - What is the place for Hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilisation in hospital sterile supply?
15 May 2007
11:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [49] Decontamination of Plastic Sterilisation Containers and Plastic Supports
15 May 2007
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
12 May 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 2/07
12 May 2007
10:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
WFHSS Mission Statement
12 May 2007
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar/Workshop info update:
Eastern European Workshop for Sterile Supply 2007 - 6/7/8 December 2007 in Bydgoszcz, Poland
11 May 2007
18:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
ASHCSP - American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals (United States)
11 May 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Communications
The WFHSS "Sparkling Egg" Award 2007
10 May 2007
18:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
CFSA - CSSD Forums of South Africa
10 May 2007
17:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to disinfectionandsterilization.org - Disinfection and Sterilization added
10 May 2007
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: NfS - Norwegian Association of Sterile Supplies - Norsk Forening for Sterilforsyning
10 May 2007
16:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to NfS - Norwegian Association of Sterile Supplies - Norsk Forening for Sterilforsyning added/updated
10 May 2007
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
WFHSS Conference Lectures:
Introduction
by Wim Renders [in English]
03 May 2007
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: ÖGSV and WFHSS Conference 2007 in Baden, Austria
26 April 2007
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info update:
V.S.Z Study Afternoon - May 24th, 2007 - UZ Antwerpen, Belgium

» Conference Details (in Flemish/Dutch; PDF File)
21 April 2007
07:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
17 April 2007
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar update: ICCAID 2008 - Second International Congress of Central Asia Infectious Diseases - March 27th to March 30th, 2008 - Almaty, Kazakhstan
16 April 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
16 April 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar update: Annual WFHSS and AIOS Conference 2008 - June 5th to June 7th, 2008 - Autodromo, Monza, Italy
11 April 2007
10:30 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication: SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Forum Issue 1/2007
10 April 2007
07:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
DAS - Disinfection Antisepsis and Sterilization Association (Turkey)
10 April 2007
06:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to ICCAID - International Congress of Central Asia Infectious Diseases added
29 March 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update:
ISA Conference 2007 - Cleaning, Disinfection & Sterilization - Key concepts in Infection Control
June 11th to June 12th, 2007 in Tel Aviv, Israel
29 March 2007
15:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to BETE - Beke Environmental TEchnologies (Belgium) added
28 March 2007
18:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Ultrawave Ltd
28 March 2007
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Ultrawave Ltd added
26 March 2007
08:30 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments:
Draft EN 285:2006 "Sterilization - Steam Sterilizers - Large Sterilizers"

Draft amendment submitted for enquiry - Hollow load test
23 March 2007
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Info Update: Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference 2007 - June 5th to June 6th, 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland
23 March 2007
18:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
22 March 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
General IASSM Meeting 30 June 2007 - Dublin Dental Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
22 March 2007
20:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
General IASSM Meeting 2/3 November 2007 - Grand Hotel, Malahide, Ireland
14 March 2007
16:40 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: SASIC - Swedish Association for Sterilization and Infection Control - Sterilization Section
12 March 2007
09:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
General IASSM Meeting 31 March 2007 - 11:00 to 14:00 at the Dublin Dental Hospital in Dublin, Ireland
10 March 2007
10:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Where there's a will there's a way
09 March 2007
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
07 March 2007
16:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Pereg GmbH
07 March 2007
16:20 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Pereg GmbH added
06 March 2007
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: CLEANICAL GmbH - Chirurgie-Instrumenten-AG Berlin
06 March 2007
07:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner CLEANICAL GmbH added
03 March 2007
22:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Afternoon - May 24th, 2007 - Auditorium Kinsbergen, UZ Antwerpen, Belgium
03 March 2007
22:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
V.S.Z Study Day - October 25th, 2007 - Brouwgebouw Lamot te Mechelen, Belgium
03 March 2007
08:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
03 March 2007
08:20 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to WFHSS member organization updated:
V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w. (Belgium)
03 March 2007
08:20 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Trendy v dezinfekci a sterilizaci / Trends in disinfection and sterilization - March 15th to 16th, 2007 - Castle Mikulov, Czech Republic
03 March 2007
08:10 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
Vysočina VII. Centrální sterilizace / Highland VII. - Central Sterilization - April 25th to 26th, 2007 - Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic
03 March 2007
08:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update:
III. Annual CSS Conference 2007 - October 16th to 17th, 2007 - Kongresové Centrum Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
02 March 2007
15:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new NHS National Decontamination Training Programme
27 February 2007
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 1/07
26 February 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Vacancies
new job posted: Central Sterile Supply Department Manager - Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand
16 February 2007
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [48] Decontamination of Plastic Medical Devices or of Devices with Plastic Components (Part 1)
06 February 2007
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminarc calendar update:
MSÜD Sterilization Seminar 3 - February 23rd, 2007 in Izmir, Turkey
06 February 2007
11:30 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments: Systematic Review of CEN/TC204 Standard - EN 550:1994 Sterilization of medical devices - validation and routine control of ethylene oxide sterilization
05 February 2007
21:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: CSC Spring Congress 2007 - May 16th, 2007 in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
05 February 2007
21:15 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: Annual SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Conference 2007 - June 5th to June 6th, 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland
05 February 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: CSC Autumn Congress 2007 - November 2nd to November 3rd, 2007 in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
02 February 2007
20:00 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments: Draft prEN ISO 15882: Sterilization of health care products - Chemical indicators - Guidance for selection, use and interpretation of results (ISO/DIS 15882 - 2006)
02 February 2007
19:00 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments: Final draft prEN ISO 11135 - 1: Sterilization of health care products - Ethylene oxide - Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices (ISO/FDIS 11135 - 1:2007)
02 February 2007
18:00 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments: prEN ISO/PDTS 11135 - 2: Sterilization of health care products - Ethylene oxide - Part 2: Guidance on the application of ISO 11135 - 1
02 February 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
01 February 2007
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Humanmeditek
01 February 2007
14:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Humanmeditek added
31 January 2007
15:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon: Avoiding the hand to face reflex the hard way
31 January 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" November 2006 - Photo Album
28 January 2007
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
WFHSS member page/info update: V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis v.z.w.
23 January 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar Calendar Update:
- February 22nd, 2007 in Berlin, Germany
09 January 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
3 ETS - Electronic Test System - A Revolution in Testing Steam Sterilizers
by Ahmad Ghaddar [in English]
09 January 2007
11:45 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Validation of heat sealing processes - ISO 11607 Part 2
by Hans Wolf [in English]
09 January 2007
11:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
About Biofilm and prevention of nosocomial infection through water associated germs
by Stephan Brinke-Seiferth [in English]
03 January 2007
22:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Where do we go from here? National and Regional Objectives
by Susan Borden [in English]
03 January 2007
21:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Historical Relections
by Gillian A Sills [in English]
03 January 2007
20:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
ISO 11607 - How to translate into action - Sterile Container Systems
by Elmar Heid [in English]
03 January 2007
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
ISO 11607:2006 - focused on: Sealable Pouches and Reels
by Dr Stefan Manhart [in English]
03 January 2007
18:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
ISO 11607 - Council Directive 93/42/EEC Of June 14 1993 Concerning Medical Devices - Patient’s Safety and Staff’s Safety
by Tim Galekop [in English]
03 January 2007
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Cleaning & Disinfection Instruments
by Reyad Al-Darawsheh [in English]
03 January 2007
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Ultrasonic Cleaning of Today’s Instruments ...and Tomorrow’s
by Edward Palmer [in English]
03 January 2007
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Cleaning Processes and Methods in CSSD
by Markus Kamer [in English]
03 January 2007
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Validation Process
by Azad Saadalla [in English]
03 January 2007
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
How to optimize and streamline your procedures in a CSSD with a computerized system?
by Christian Winther [in English]
03 January 2007
12:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Controlix ID bracelets - Patient safety and individual billing issues
by Christian Siehe [in English]
03 January 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Routine monitoring of the disinfection / washing process ISO 15883
by Peter Newson [in English]
03 January 2007
11:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
CSSD and Infection Control - How to Work Together
by Intisar Quritum [in English]
03 January 2007
10:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Getting Hospital Management Support for C.S.S.D. Practices and Protocols
by Britt Klofsten [in English]
02 January 2007
19:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication:
Central Service Issue 6/06
02 January 2007
16:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Bahrain Experience on Education and Training of CSS Personnel
by Dr Jaffah Mohammed Nima'h [in English]
02 January 2007
15:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
WFHSS Workshop "CSSD" Lectures:
Annual WFHSS Workshop 2006 "CSSD"
by Wim Renders [in English]
02 January 2007
14:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: III. International Congress on Nosocomial Infection Prevention - May 27th to 30th, 2007 - Lednice, Czech Republic
01 January 2007
12:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
new WFHSS Industrial Partner: Aesculap AG & Co. KG
01 January 2007
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Related Sites & Links
link to new Industrial Partner Aesculap AG & Co. KG added
25 December 2006
17:00 [GMT]
WFHSS - Publications
new publication: SGSV/SSSH/SSSO Forum Issue 4/2006
23 December 2006
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
Recommendations by the Quality Task Group: [47] Insights Gleaned from Workshops at the 10th DGSV Congress: Manufacturer's Instructions for Decontamination
19 December 2006
11:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Humour - Cartoons
new cartoon/joke: Force of Habit
16 December 2006
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
SAMI - Sterilization Association of Mumbai India
16 December 2006
10:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Members
new WFHSS member organization:
SAM - Sterilization Association of Malta
16 December 2006
09:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Education
new Sterilization Article:
"Emballages de stérilisation - Nouvelle norme ISO 11607 1&2: Quels changements dans les pratiques de conditionnement?"

by Michael Fangon, Amcor SPS, Membre commission AFNOR S95
[in French, PDF File ]
12 December 2006
18:30 [GMT]
WFHSS Courses and Seminar Listings
Seminar calendar update:
MSÜD Sterilization Seminars 2: "General Review of Sterilization" - December 22nd, 2006 in Gaziantep, Turkey
10 December 2006
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Industrial Partners
WFHSS Industrial Partner info update: Tuttnauer
09 December 2006
11:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar Update: 12th Annual General MSSA Meeting, Conference & Exhibition - March 12th to 15th, 2007 - Sabah, Malaysia
07 December 2006
13:00 [GMT]
WFHSS Congress and Conference Calendar
Conference Calendar update:
CLEANICAL FORUM 2007 - 8. Internationales Forum "Medizinprodukte und Prozesse": Prävention

February 23rd, 2007 in Berlin, Germany
05 December 2006
21:30 [GMT]
CEN Standards
CEN Comments: Draft EN ISO Technical specifications for comment ISO/PDTS 17665 - Sterilization of Health Care Products - Moist Heat - Part 2 - Guidance on the Application of ISO 17665 Part 1:2006