Annual WFHSS and ANES Conference 2011

General Information

Conference Info / Downloads

Please feel free to download the following PDF file which contains information about the conference venue (photos of the location and venue, location maps, etc.):

Conference Web Site

Please visit the official conference web site for more information about the Annual WFHSS and ANES Conference 2011:

www.wfhssportugal2011.com

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The WFHSS welcomes the submission of abstracts for the Annual WFHSS and ANES Conference 2011 to be held in Estoril, Portugal, from 12 to 15 October. Accepted abstracts will form part of the scientific programme of oral and poster presentations.

Abstract submission online will open in October 2010
Deadline for online abstract submission: 31 December 2010
Abstract submission for posters continues until 30 April 2011
Review deadline: 31 January 2011
Notification deadline: 11 February 2011

The main topics to be addressed are:

Washing, disinfection and sterilization of medical devices
Validation of equipment
Risk management in the central sterile supply department (CSSD)
Training of professionals

Please visit the official conference web site for further information about abstracts and online abstract submission forms:

Scientific Programme

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, Portugal Sterilization - challenges in the 21st century! Valeska Stempliuk, OPAS/WHO, USA
10.45 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Panel 1: Cleaning (I) Moderator: Luisa Nogueira, Portugal Validation of manual cleaning and desinfection procedures Jurgen Gebel, Anke Carter, Germany Cleaning with ultrasound: The secret life of bubbles Robert Mettin, Germany
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, Portugal New 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
16.00 - 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30	Panel 3: Traceability Moderator: Duygu Percin, Turkey Medical device tracking - Myth or reality Cristina Rato, Portugal Individual traceability of surgical instruments: guide of application Christophe Lambert, France
FRIDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2011
09.00 - 10.45	Panel 4: International practices Moderator: Am�lia Espada, Portugal Sterilization 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
10.45 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Panel 5: Environmental factors Moderator: Judite Neves, Portugal Environmental 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
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, USA Once 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
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 - 18.00	Panel 7: Training, psycho-social and other risks Moderator: Maria Glória Aboim, Portugal Standards 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
20.00 - 23.00	Congress Dinner
SATURDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2011
09.00 - 10.45	Panel 8: Airborne microbial contamination risks Moderator: Birte Oskarsson, Sweden Ventilation 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
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

Poster Presentation

Please visit the official conference web site for information about the poster exhibition and instructions for poster presentations:

www.wfhssportugal2011.com - Instructions for Poster Presentations

IDI - Irish Decontamination Institute