IDI - Irish Decontamination Institute

(Raphael - Marriage of the Virgin, 1504 - oil on roundheaded panel, Pinacoteca di Brera of Milan - Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture)

June 4th to June 7th, 2008
Hotel Crowne Plaza Milan-Linate
Via K. Adenauer, 3 - 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy

Organized by AIOS and WFHSS.
Please visit WFHSS and AIOS Conference 2008 for further information about this conference.

Opening Session

Session I
Health Care Governance and Risk Management in Sterilization Centres

Wim Renders (Bruges, Belgium):
Introduction
[in English]
Barbara Mangiacavalli (Pavia, Italy):
Health Care Governance
[in Italian; PDF File; 240 KB]
Gina Pugliese (Chicago - Illinois, United States of America):
Patient Safety: Time for a process redesign
[in English; PDF File; 1.2 MB]
C. Moiset (Monza - MI, Italy):
Accreditation with JCI (Joint Commission International)
[in Italian; PDF File; 2.0 MB]
Daniela Barzanó (Monza - MI, Italy):
Risk analysis in sterilization centres
[in Italian; PDF File; 2.1 MB]
F. Weekers (Leuven, Belgium):
Restructuring the CSSD at a University Hospital: Methodology and analysis
[in English; PDF File; 1.1 MB]

Session II
Planning for Major Events or Disasters: Emergency and Management of Medical Supplies

Gianluca Serafini (Ancona, Italy):
Intra-hospital emergency plan for massive inflow of injured patients (PEIMAF)
[in Italian; PDF File; 3.3 MB]
Pascale Choquenet (Caen, France):
Sterilization in the field
[in English; PDF File; 3.6 MB]
Dario Pistolesi (Abuzzano, Italy):
Steam sterilizer for mobile field hospitals
[in Italian; PDF File; 1.5 MB]

Session III
Regulatory Framework for the Sterilization Process

G. Salerio (Italy):
Evolution of the European technical standards in the field of sterilization
[in Italian; PDF File; 844 KB]
Dario Pistolesi (Milano, Italy):
EN ISO 17665-1 Standard
[in Italian; PDF File; 1.5 MB]
L. Kingston (Normandy, Guildford Surrey, United Kingdom):
EN 13060 Standard
[in English; PDF File; 1.1 MB]