WEDNESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2011 |
14:00 - 17:00 | Arrival and Registration |
19:00 - 21:30 | Welcome Reception |
THURSDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2011 |
09.30 - 10.00 | OPENING SESSION Minister of Health, Portugal (tbc) Elaine Pina, Portugal - PNCI Coordinator Wim Renders, Belgium - WFHSS President Luisa Nogueira, Portugal - Chair of the Local Organizing Committee |
10.00 - 10.45 | Lecture Moderator: Elaine Pina, PortugalSterilization - challenges in the 21st century! Valeska Stempliuk, OPAS/WHO, USA
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10.45 - 11.30 | Coffee Break |
11.30 - 13.00 | Panel 1: Cleaning (I) Moderator: Luisa Nogueira, PortugalValidation of manual cleaning and desinfection procedures Jurgen Gebel, Anke Carter, Germany
Cleaning with ultrasound: The secret life of bubbles Robert Mettin, Germany
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13.00 - 15.00 | Lunch |
13:45 - 14:45 | Workshops are taking place in the parallel meeting rooms |
15.00 - 16.00 | Panel 2: Cleaning (II) Moderator: Isabel Malta, PortugalNew insights in cleaning of highly complex minimal invasive surgical instruments Diana Bijl, The Netherlands
Are the cleaners safe for medical devices? Story of an unfortunate experience Christine Denis, France
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16.00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
16:30 - 17:30 | Panel 3: Traceability Moderator: Duygu Percin, TurkeyMedical device tracking - Myth or reality Cristina Rato, Portugal
Individual traceability of surgical instruments: guide of application Christophe Lambert, France
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FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2011 |
09.00 - 10.45 | Panel 4: International practices Moderator: Amália Espada, PortugalSterilization with limited resources, what is essential? Ana Paula Coutinho, Who Europe, Portugal
Global warning - what next? Gillian Sills, United Kingdom
The RUMED concept - a new WFHSS guideline Tillo Miorini, Austria
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10.45 - 11.30 | Coffee Break |
11.30 - 13.00 | Panel 5: Environmental factors Moderator: Judite Neves, PortugalEnvironmental control Manuela Cano, Portugal
Meeting the challenges of medical device packaging Gisela Christina Mendes, Portugal
Specifications for temperature and humidity in sterile storage environments - Where's the evidence? Terry McAuley, Australia
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13.00 - 15.00 | Lunch |
13.45 - 14.45 | Workshops are taking place in the parallel meeting rooms |
15.00 - 16.00 | Panel 6: Advanced technologies Moderator: Valeska Stempliuk, OPAS/WHO, USAOnce upon a time in a lumen after washing process Herve Ney, Switzerland
Developing new sterilization methods of medical devices by supercritical fluids Alberto Bertucco, Giulio Bertoloni and Keti Vezzu, Italy
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16.00 - 16.30 | Coffee Break |
16.30 - 18.00 | Panel 7: Training, psycho-social and other risks Moderator: Maria Glória Aboim, PortugalStandards are the instruments to manage risk and quality in the CSSD Caroline Conneely, Ireland
Psycho-social risks in closed environments Marisa Salanova, Spain
How to improve the training methodologies to be more efficient Joao Leite, Portugal
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20.00 - 23.00 | Congress Dinner |
SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2011 |
09.00 - 10.45 | Panel 8: Airborne microbial contamination risks Moderator: Birte Oskarsson, SwedenVentilation and airborne contamination Berit Reinmuller and Bengt Ljungkuist, Sweden
Clothing systems used in operating rooms Berit Reinmuller, Sweden
Air movements and dispersion of contaminants Bengt Ljungkuist, Sweden
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10.45 - 11.30 | Coffee Break |
11:30 - 12.30 | Panel 9: Best poster presentations Moderator: Wim Renders, Belgium |
12.30 - 13.00 | CLOSING CEREMONY Best Poster Award Presentation of the 2012 Conference - JSMI, Japan |