The SVN - Sterilisatie Vereniging Nederland aims to be the knowledge and network center in The Netherlands in the field of cleaning, disinfection, sterilization, transportation and management of medical devices.
Purpose:
The SVN seeks to increase knowledge, expertise, innovation, quality and professionalism in the field of disinfection, cleaning, sterilization, transportation and management of medical devices.
The association wants to achieve this by:
being in a powerful position in the Dutch health care system.
promoting mutual contacts and supporting and encouraging its members.
Increasing the knowledge and skills of its members by organizing and/or helping to organize continuous training, conferences, seminars and other forms of professional development and disseminating literature and information about the profession.
encouraging and carrying out fundamental and practical research in the field of cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing, transporting and managing medical devices.
standardizing and ensuring the quality of professional practice and providing (further) quality control training.
acting as a contact for governments and exerting influence on legislation and regulations and all policies that affects the profession, both nationally and internationally.
enhancing the image of the profession and the professional pride by providing information to third parties.
Annual SVN Meeting and vDSMH/SVN Congress 2013 22 March 201322 March 2013 De Reehorst, Ede, The Netherlands [ More information: www.sterilisatievereniging.nl ]
SVN Spring Congress 9 March 2012 09 March 2012 / 09:15h - 16:00h De Reehorst, Ede, The Netherlands [ More information: www.sterilisatievereniging.nl ]
CSC Autumn Congress 5 November 2011 05 November 2011 De Reehorst, Ede, The Netherlands [ More information: www.cscnl.net/agenda ]
CSC Spring Congress 18 March 2011 18 March 2011 / 09:15h - 16:00h De Reehorst, Ede, The Netherlands [ More information: www.cscnl.net/congres-info ]
CSC Spring Congress 19 March 2010 19 March 2010 "De Reehorst", Ede, The Netherlands
CSC Autumn Congress 2009 Najaarscongres CSC 40th CSC Anniversary 13 November 2009 09:30h to 14 November 2009 17:00h "De Reehorst", Ede, The Netherlands [ Conference Programme (PDF File; in Dutch) ]
CSC Autumn Congress 2008 Najaarscongres CSC 10 October 200810 October 2008 NBC, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
CSC Autumn Congress 2007 Najaarscongres CSC / Landelijke assistentendag 02 November 2007 to 03 November 2007 NBC, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
CSC Spring Congress 2007 Voorjaarscongres CSC 16 March 2007 NBC, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
CSC Spring Meeting 2000 30 March 2000
Annual CSC and V.S.Z Congress 1999 27 September 1999 to 28 September 1999 Papendal, The Netherlands [ Conference Report ]
Area: 41,526 km² (land 33,883 km², water 7,643 km²)
Population: 16,318,199 (July 2004)
Capital: Amsterdam; The Hague is the seat of the government
Language: Dutch
Religion: Roman Catholic 31%, Protestant 21%, Muslim 4.4%, other 3.6%, unaffiliated 40% (1998)
Climate: temperate, marine with cool summers and mild winters
Time Zone: UTC/GMT +1hr (Central European Time)
Currency: Euro [EUR]
Location
The Netherlands are in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany.
The Netherlands' territory is mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders), with some hills in the southeast.
With a total of 1,027 km land boundaries, The Netherlands share borders with
Belgium (450 km) and
Germany (577 km). The Netherlands' coastline to the North Sea extends over 451 km.
The Netherlands consist of twelve provinces (Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland, Zuid-Holland) and two dependent areas (Aruba, Netherlands Antilles).
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