Making a difference together: Through strategic and coordinated management of the CSSD
Sterilization & Decontamination (CSSD) Conference
June 26-28, 2019
Location: Ocean Drive B
The IAHCSMM Regional Meeting
Overview:
Led by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management (IAHCSMM)– Florida chapter, this three-day scientific meeting on management of sterilization and decontamination departments will feature techniques and methods to improve services and performance of CSSD professionals.
Featuring regional experts to discuss on operational practices to achieve excellence in CSSD.
Theme: Making a difference together: Through strategic and coordinated management of the CSSD
Accreditation: The Sterilization & Decontamination Conference has been granted CE (Continuing Education Hours) credits
- The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM): 12 hours (for 3 days)
- The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. (CBSPD): 12 hours (for 3 days)
Key Topics:
- Guidelines for disinfection and sterilization of instruments in healthcare facilities
- Cleaning standards, sterilization practices and infection control
- Logistics of processed items in hospitals
- Updates in the CSSD workflow
Benefits of Attending:
- Appraise new architectural designs of CSSD to decrease risk of contamination, increase efficiency and reduce cost of handling instruments
- Review international accreditation requirements to keep CS departments functioning at peak performance
- Identify sources of sterilization failures and develop risk management to control errors
- Review basics on microbial destruction, sterility sampling, sterility assurance, and sterilization cycle development to improve infection control
- Identify challenges in setting up new CSSD
Brian M Reynolds, Assistant Chief of Sterile Processing Service (118), West Palm Beach US Department of Veterans Affairs, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Andrea Harris, Central Service Supervisor/Educator, Advent Health, Apopka, Florida,USA
Arlene Bush, Supervisor/Educator Central Service, Advent Health, Orlando, Florida,USA
Arthur Henderson, Senior Clinical Education Specialist, South Eastern Zone, STERIS Corporation, Mentor, Ohio, USA
Chris Pacholski, South-East Regional Manager, Chest Healthmark Industries Co., Charlette, North Carolina, USA
Damien Berg, President, IAHCSMM; Manager, Sterile Processing, St. Anthony Hospital and Ortho Colorado Hospital, Lakewood, Colorado, USA
Jamelle Ross, Regional Clinical Operations Director, STERIS Instrument Management Services, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Fred Alston,Director of Clinical Sales and Services, Eastern Region, Healthmark Industries, Michigan, USA
Jeff Holland, Evoqua Director, Health Sciences Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Loraine Durigan, Sterile Processing Manager, Advent Health, Altamonte Springs, Florida, USA
Nicole Williams, Microbiologist; Sterile Processing Consultant; Principal Consultant,Business Development and Device Validation, Matrix Medical Devices,Pompano Beach, Florida, USA
