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DAY ONE: THURSDAY 15TH MARCH 2012
1300–1600 WORKSHOPS:
- B Braun-“Instrument Workshop”
- Kimberly Clark
- 3M
- Johnson & Johnson
**** Flyers to be sent out with information and contacts to attend these workshops ****
1800-1830 REGISTRATION
1830–2030 TRADE OPENING COCKTAILS
Theme: Saint Practice Day (Celebrating St Patrick’s Day)
– Networking Opportunities and chance to visit Trade Show
DAY TWO: FRIDAY 16TH MARCH 2012
0800–0830 REGISTRATION
0830-0845 HOUSE DUTIES “MC” Brendan Woodsell
0845-0905 OPENING
0905- 0920 WELCOME Federal President FSRACA Robyn Williams
0920-0930 Presentation to Dorothy Siemensma
0930-1000 “Self Talk/Job Satisfaction”-Heather Goddard (Sponsored SRACA W.A. Inc)
1000-1030 MORNING TEA
1030-1100 “Inactivation of Prions to Minimize the Risk of Prion Transmission via Surgical Instruments”-Dr. rer. nat. Jugen Staffeldt, Germany (Sponsored by GKE)
1100-1130 “Low Temperature Formaldehyde Sterilisation.”-Torbjörn Wetterstrand, Regional Sales Manager, Getinge Sterilisation AB, Sweden. (Sponsored by Getinge)
1130-1200 “ISO 17664-Un Bio Burden Yourselves”-Terry McCauley, Sterilisation and Infection Control Consultant, Steam Consulting. (Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson)
1130-1215 Trade Lunch Served **********
1200-1215 Questions
1215-1315 LUNCH
1315-1345 “Risk Assessing Difficult to Clean Instruments Using ISO Standards and the Regularity System to Build a Case for Change.”-Tim Cole, Health Services Manager Sterilising Services, Concord & Canterbury Hospitals (Sponsored by SA & TAS SRACA)
1345-1415 “AS/NZS 4187 Update”-Robyn Williams, Chairperson of the AS/NZS 4187 Committee
1415-1445 “WFHSS Update.”-Birte Oskarsson, Director of CSSD Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden. (Sponsored by NSW & VIC SRACA)
1445-1515 “Current building program to engineer out the risks to patients, staff, machinery breakdown/wet packs by participating and informing CSD design mechanical services and sterilizing and related equipment selection.”-Rosemary Steinhart, Sterilising Program Manager, CHRISP (Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention), Queensland
1515-1530 Questions
1530-1600 AFTERNOON TEA
1600-1630 “Application Technique Sterilisation”-Dirk Giess, Belimed Switzerland. (Sponsored by Gallay Medical & Scientific)
1630-1645 Questions
1830-1930 Pre Dinner Drinks
1930-2400 Gala Dinner
DAY THREE: SATURDAY 17TH MARCH 2012
0800-0830 REGISTRATION
0830-0845 WELCOME
0845-0915 “Sterile Flexible Endoscopes & Me”– Susan Mederith, Sterile Services Manager, Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK (Sponsored by Device Technologies)
0915-0945 “Developing an Industry Safety Standard for the Design and Handling of Surgical Loan Kits.”-Lynne Noring, Manager Central Sterilising Services, Sydney Local Health District, NSW
0945-1000 Questions
1000-1030 MORNING TEA
1030-1100 3M Speaker-Confirmed waiting for speaker (Sponsored by 3M)
1100-1130 “Classification of instrument families according ISO 17664 and the reprocessing of complex devices.” Klaus Roth, General Manager/President, SMP GmbH, Tubingen, Germany (Sponsored by Invitro)
1130-1200 “Cleaning, Residual Proteins and Prions.” -Associate Professor Karen Vickery, Surgical Infection Research Group. (Sponsored by Whitely Corporation)
1200-1215 Questions
1215-1300 Trade Lunch Served
1215-1315 LUNCH
1315-1345 DRAWING OF RAFFLES
1345-1415 “Emergency Rescues.”-Dr David McIlroy MB Chb MFAEM, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Sponsored by SRACA WA)
1415-1445 “Driving Changes to Steam Sterilisation and Standards.”-Andy Gay, Sterilisation Industry Consultant (Sponsored by QLD SRACA)
1445-1515 “Instrument Tracking.”-Maria Anderson, Mater Health Service, Queensland
1515-1545 Questions
1545-1600 CLOSING-President