• René Vis:
  Loan Instruments
  [in English]

• Dr Dominique Goullet:
  How a quality system had to be implemented for the hospital sterilisation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Frédy Cavin:
  Certification d´un hôpital comme fabriquant de dispositifs médicaux
  [in French; PDF File; ]
• David J Hurrell:
  Washer-Disinfectors - EN 15883 and the role of the operator
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• S. Krüger, T. Hofmann, B. Zühlsdorf:
  Testanschmutzungen (TA) für die Kontrolle von Dekontaminationsgeräten
  [in German; PDF File; ]
• Bénédicte Gourieux:
  Qualification de la performance des laveurs désinfecteurs
  [in French; PDF File; ]
• Annette Beaugas:
  Maîtrise de l´air en stérilisation
  [in French; PDF File; ]
• Hans Wolf, Christian Wolf (HAWO):
  Verpackungsarten / Unterschiede
  [in German; PDF File; ]
• Christine Denis:
  La qualité des emballages
  [in French; PDF File; ]
• Dr Brian Kirk:
  Can Temperature And Pressure Datalogging Replace The Bowie and Dick Test?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Prof Dr Peter Heeg:
  Bioindikatoren - Sinn oder Unsinn?
  [in German; PDF File; ]
• Markus Zobrist, Dr. rer. nat., Inspektor:
  Umsetzung der MP-Gesetzgebung in der ZSVA
  [in German; PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders:
  Opening Session
  [in English]
• Dr Dominique Goullet:
  What's new in sterilisation... since Louis Pasteur?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• A. Arzu Sayiner, MD:
  Infection Control and Sterilization Unit
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Paul J. Sordellini:
  Industrial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization of Medical Devices
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• A. A. van Sorge, PhD:
  Validation of a low-temperature, low-pressure, vaporized aqueous hydrogen peroxide-based, plasma sterilization system - STERRAD®100S sterilizer
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr Egil Lingaas:
  Bioburden estimation of reusable and single use medical devices - methodology and evaluation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Toni Zanette:
  Practical instructions for the Validation of cleaning and disinfection methods according to the recommendation of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH) and according to the prEN ISO 15883
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Paul Holland:
  Decontamination of Reusable Medical Devices: A Risk Management
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Peter Newson:
  Sterilization Process Monitoring - 'In-Pack' Monitoring versus 'Load Control'
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• René Vis:
  Outsourcing the CSSD a threat? Or a challenge?!
  [in English; PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders:
  Opening Session - Introduction
  [in English]
• Valerie O'Brien:
  The UK Approach
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Nancy Chobin:
  What Sterile Processors Need to Know and Do: A Ten Year Analysis of Accreditation in the United States
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Cornelia Hugo:
  Validation in the practice of sterile supply
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Frank Schuurmans:
  Organisational redesign - did Bowie and Dick get their MBA?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Klaus Roth:
  Parametric control of cleaning processes in the age of vCJD
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Peter Hooper:
  Product Release - a modern mythology?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Helga Gertrudis Sager de Agostino:
  Cleaning, decontamination and disinfection in Argentina
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Adrie de Bruijn:
  The standard helix test in hospital sterilisers
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• A. A. van Sorge:
  Validation of a low temperature, low pressure, Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Plasma (HPGP) Sterilization System
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Mike Pointer:
  Innovation in decontamination services
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Simon Robitaille:
  Development of Ozone Sterilization
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Jan Huys (presented by Dr. med. Andreas Mueller):
  Specifications of steam sterilizers for health facilities with limited resources
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Elinor V Radke:
  Surviving the ride
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• David J Hurrell MSc FIHEEM AP(S):
  Jack van Asten Memorial Lecture
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Jennifer Grainger:
  Risk Management for Instrumentation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Yaffa Raz:
  A Quality Based Approach for Error Reduction in Surgical Sets Assembly
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr Bénédicte Gourieux:
  Analysing hazards: a tool for quality management
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Phil Naylor:
  MDD and ISO13485:2003 Compliance - An Integrated Approach
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr MV Martin:
  Decontamination of Instruments in Dentistry
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Elizabeth Fradd:
  The Decontamination of Endoscopes - a review in Northern Ireland
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Melanie van Limborgh:
  The Essential Relationships between Decontamination Services
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr Douglas Telford:
  The Practical and Cost Implications of the different Instrument Identification Systems currently available
  [Conference Paper Abstract in English; PDF File; ]
• DSc 2005 Symposium: Developments in Instrument Reprocessing
  • Klaus Roth; Jürgen Gauer; Anna Draghici; Winfried Michels:
    Comparative assessment of various automated processes following prEN/ISO 15883-1
    [in English; PDF File; ]
• DSc 2005 Poster Presentations
  • Edna Rodrigues; Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano:
    Evaluation of the use and re-use of cotton fabrics as medical and hospital articles wraps in steam sterilization method
    [in English; PDF File; ]
  • Philip A de Vries:
    3M ETS (Electronic Test System) in a university hospital: Diagnostics beyond the BDT!
    [in English; PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders:
  Opening Speech
  [in English]
• Ann Margrethe Berg, Department Manager CSSD:
  University Education of CSSD Managers in Norway
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Maria Tuulse, Health Care Teacher:
  Education of CSSD Technicians in Sweden
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Marie Banck, Manager CSSD:
  Working with certification - Experience from Sweden
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Torben Abilgaard Pederson, Deputy Director / MSc, PhD:
  Danish Standard for CSSD
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Klaus Roth, Managing Director:
  New cleaning processes: Oxivario and two other component procedures
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr. Med. Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Fengler:
  Our own cleaning experiences and its Parameters - The Value of Ultrasound
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr Anne Jacolot, Pharmacist / Manager of CSSD; Damien Talon, Pharmacist / Department Manager CSSD:
  Experience of Soil Test Used in Two French Hospitals: Hollow Instrumentation and Detergent Validation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr Damien Talon, Pharmacist / Department Manager CSSD:
  Experience of Soil Test Used in Two French Hospitals: Detergent Validation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Heidi Garberg Gule, Department Manager CSSD:
  Combi load experiences - a manager's view
  Validation of Combi load
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Elise Kulseth, Quality Manager:
  Textile technology - fundamental principles
  [in Norwegian/English; PDF File; ]
• Anne Mette Koch, Health Protection Nurse:
  A change from disposable to reusable textiles in the OR - experiences from a Norwegian University Hospital
  [in Norwegian; PDF File; ]
• Dr. Sverre Fauske, Special Adviser HR Dep.:
  Job Satisfaction. Motivation. Confidence in CSSD workers
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Joost van Dormalen, Manager Validation & Monitoring:
  Jack van Asten Memorial Lecture
  "Standards under continuous development"
  Meet your expectations
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Ulrich Kaiser:
  Advantages and limitations of class 5 and 6 chemical indicators according to EN-ISO 11140-1
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Terry McAuley:
  Bowie & Dick type testing
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Cornelia Hugo:
  Loan instruments, an avoidable problem
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Toni Zanette:
  Transparency of expenses by recording, calculation and billing of CSSD service
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Kyrre Sæther, Head Nurse / Author:
  "Humour at Work"
  Sense of humour as working tool - clinical aspects
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• EFHSS Conference 2006 Poster Presentations
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ozkan Tutuncu; Hulya Erbil, MSc:
    The Role of Quality Management System in Patient Safety Culture for Central Sterilization Units
    [in English; PDF File; ]

• Dr. Michelle J. Alfa, FCCM, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada:
  Cleaning: Recent advances in products and processes and Real-time monitoring
  [in English; PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders:
  Annual WFHSS Workshop 2006 "CSSD"
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dr Jaffar Mohammed Nima'h:
  Bahrain Experience on Education and Training of CSS Personnel
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Britt Klofsten:
  Getting Hospital Management Support for C.S.S.D. Practices and Protocols
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Intisar Quritum:
  CSSD and Infection Control - How to Work Together
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Peter Newson:
  Routine monitoring of the disinfection / washing process ISO 15883
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Christian Siehe:
  Controlix ID bracelets - Patient safety and individual billing issues
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Christian Winther:
  How to optimize and streamline your procedures in a CSSD with a computerized system?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Azad Saadalla:
  Validation Process
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Markus Kamer:
  Cleaning Processes and Methods in CSSD
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Edward Palmer:
  Ultrasonic Cleaning of Today’s Instruments ...and Tomorrow’s
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Eng. Reyad Al-Darawsheh:
  Cleaning & Disinfection Instruments
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Stephan Brinke-Seiferth:
  About Biofilm and prevention of nosocomial infection through water associated germs
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Plenum / Podium
  • Tim Galekop:
    ISO 11607 - Council Directive 93/42/EEC Of June 14 1993 Concerning Medical Devices - Patient’s Safety and Staff’s Safety
    [in English; PDF File; ]
  • Dr Stefan Manhart:
    ISO 11607:2006 - focused on: Sealable Pouches and Reels
    [in English; PDF File; ]
  • Hans Wolf:
    Validation of heat sealing processes - ISO 11607 Part 2
    [in English; PDF File; ]
  • Elmar Heid:
    ISO 11607 - How to translate into action - Sterile Container Systems
    [in English; PDF File; ]
• Gillian A Sills:
  Historical Relections
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Susan Borden:
  Where do we go from here? National and Regional Objectives
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Ahmad Ghaddar:
  3 ETS - Electronic Test System - A Revolution in Testing Steam Sterilizers
  [in English; PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders, Belgium:
  Introduction
  [in English]
• Y. Raz, Israel:
  Meeting the Informative Needs of a Multinational Forum
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Wan Ngah, Malaysia:
  Processing of Medical Products in Malaysia
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• R. Berger, Austria:
  Safety of Medical Devices
  Medical Device Vigilance and Reporting
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• W. Ecker, Austria:
  Hygienic Management of Medical Devices in/for Health Care Facilities: The Austrian Approach
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• T. Miorini, Austria:
  EN ISO 15883 - A Milestone?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• K. Roth, Germany:
  Generation of a Processing Instruction According to ISO 17664
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Walter Koller, Austria:
  What is the place for Hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilisation in hospital sterile supply?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• L. Marzi, Austria:
  Legal Aspects of Medical Product Reprocessing
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• R. Zierler, Austria:
  Acquisition of Medical Products
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• A. Percht, Austria:
  Acquisition of WDs (Washer-Disinfectors)
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• D. Bijl, Netherlands:
  Loaner instrumentation, the Dutch approach
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• H. Faber, Austria:
  Comparative Investigations Concerning Protein Detection on/in Medical Products
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• H. Taferner:
  Development of a Routine Control Plan Concerning Detection of Protein Residuals in MIS Instruments
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• T. Yamamoto, Japan:
  Investigation of Cleaning Efficacy conducted by Cleaning Evaluation/Determination Working Group in Japanese Hospital Settings
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• A. de Bruijn, Netherlands:
  Instructions for Reuse - Beware when buying
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• C. Denis, France:
  Evaluation of the Endotoxin Risk Posed by Use of Contaminated Water during Sterilisation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• W. Schulz-Schaeffer, Germany:
  (v)CJD and Reprocessing of Medical Products
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• T. Enko, Austria:
  Validation of Sterilisation Processes - a Practical View
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• M. Gehrer, Austria:
  Validation of Cleaning and Disinfection Processes in WDs: Implementation of the OEGSV Guideline
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• T. Miorini, Austria:
  Testing and Validation: Crash, Breakdown and Bad Luck
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• U. Prüfert-Freese, Austria:
  Testing and Validation of Cleaning - Disinfection Processes for flexible Endoscopes
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• H. Martiny, Germany:
  Influence of different Parameters on the Cleaning of flexible Endoscopes
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• F. Bossi, Italy:
  The Role of Nursing in the Processing of Medical Products
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• R. Williams, Australia:
  "Credentialing" in Queensland
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• M. Semler, Austria:
  QM: They way to Certification according to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• T. Kießling, Germany:
  3 Years Experience with Certification of Reprocessing Based on the German RKI/BfArM Recommendations
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• C. Denis, France:
  Instrument Traceability with RFID
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• K. Kolhonen, Finland:
  Wood Fiber Products in Health Care
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• R. Kellner, Austria:
  Outsourcing: Point of View of the Public Health Authority
  [in English; PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders, WFHSS, Belgium:
  Opening Speech
  [in English]
• Dra. Adiela María Cortés, Colombia:
  Acción Detersiva y Efecto Bactericida en el Control de las Infecciones Nosocomiales
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Martha Elena Rodríguez Silva, Colombia:
  El Agua
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Frédérique Olivier, France:
  La Detergencia
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Segio Benitez Argentina:
  Determinación Rápida de la Actividad de Proteasa en Detergentes Enzimáticos
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Martha Rodríguez, Colombia:
  El Sal - En el Proceso de Esterilizacion
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Joost P.C.M van Doornmalen, The Netherlands:
  Physics of Sterilization
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Nancy Chobin, United States:
  The Importance of Education for Central Sterilization Personnel
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Wim Renders, Belgium:
  Comments on Sterilization
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Joost P.C.M van Doornmalen, The Netherlands:
  Validation in Healthcare
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Wim Renders, Belgium:
  Re-use of single use medical devices?
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Elisabeth Flórez, Colombia:
  Traceability
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Nancy Chobin, United States:
  Management of the Central Sterilization Department
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]
• Johanne Louise Brændgaard, Denmark:
  Traceability System Implementation
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Magally Dueñes Gómez, Colombia:
  Implementation of Special Surgical Set Systems - "In Search of Efficiency"
  [in Spanish; PDF File; ]

• Ir. L. W. Meinders:
  Safety of medical devices - Perspective of the users and controllers in laparoscopy
  [PDF File; ]
• Th. Fengler, E. Kraas:
  Operational Application of Instruments and Infection Prevention - the Surgeon´s View
  [PDF File; ]
• Frank Raymaekers:
  Purchasing of surgical instruments
  [PDF File; ]
• Ingeborg Griffioen:
  Universal criteria for the design of medical instruments
  [PDF File; ]
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Oertmann:
  Cleanable MIS-instruments, a challenge for the designer
  [PDF File; ]
• Diana Bijl, Philip de Vries:
  Clean care is safer care
  [PDF File; ]
• Klaus Roth:
  Classification of Instruments - Elaborating of a Reprocessing Instruction According to ISO 17664
  [PDF File; ]
• Dr. Winfried Michels:
  Future of the general washer disinfector?
  [PDF File; ]
• Frederike Tesser:
  Responsibilities of the parties involved
  [PDF File; ]
• Adrie de Bruijn:
  Instructions for the reprocessing of reusable medical devices - Does ISO 17664 make a difference?
  [PDF File; ]

• Elzbieta Trafny:
  Combating Biofilms - a new challenge in medicine
  [in Polish; PDF File; ]
• Verona Schmidt:
  Potentials of an alkaline cleaner - Development tendencies for improving process safety
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Urs B. Rosenberg:
  EN ISO 15883: The cleaning issue
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Wilfried Michels:
  Objectives for use of washer/disinfectors and dependency of performance
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Ben Siegmund:
  Ultrasonic Cleaning of today's instruments ...and tomorrow's
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Ulrich Kaiser:
  New methods to monitor steam penetration into complex medical devices (MD) using Medical Device Simulators (MDS) and Batch Monitoring Systems (BMS)
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Rita Gielen:
  Internal transport and storage of sterile goods within the CSD and the DS
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Nicole Hirth:
  The role of cleaning in the manual reprocessing of medical devices and quality assessment of different cleaners
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Peter Newson:
  The Removal and Inactivation of Prions
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Emiel Goovaerts:
  High level disinfection of endoscopes - A central vision
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Franz Kies:
  How to remove all those Bugs after using an Endoscope
  [in English; PDF File; ]

Sterilization and Disinfection

• W. Renders, Belgium:
  Main principles in sterilization at hospitals
  [PDF File; ]
• D. Esel, Kayseri, Turkey:
  Disinfection policies at hospitals: Why? How? Where? When?
  [PDF File; ]

• Wim Renders:
  Sterilization - is it useful?
  [PDF File; ]

Opening Session

• Wim Renders (Bruges, Belgium):
  Welcome
  [in English]

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; ]
• Gina Pugliese (Chicago - Illinois, United States of America):
  Patient Safety: Time for a process redesign
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• C. Moiset (Monza - MI, Italy):
  Accreditation with JCI (Joint Commission International)
  [in Italian; PDF File; ]
• Daniela Barzanó (Monza - MI, Italy):
  Risk analysis in sterilization centres
  [in Italian; PDF File; ]
• F. Weekers (Leuven, Belgium):
  Restructuring the CSSD at a University Hospital: Methodology and analysis
  [in English; PDF File; ]

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; ]
• Pascale Choquenet (Caen, France):
  Sterilization in the field
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• Dario Pistolesi (Abuzzano, Italy):
  Steam sterilizer for mobile field hospitals
  [in Italian; PDF File; ]

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; ]
• Dario Pistolesi (Milano, Italy):
  EN ISO 17665-1 Standard
  [in Italian; PDF File; ]
• L. Kingston (Normandy, Guildford Surrey, United Kingdom):
  EN 13060 Standard
  [in English; PDF File; ]

Session IV
Training and Responsibility

• Fredy Cavin (Lausanne, Switzerland):
  School for sterilization operators. The Swiss experience
  [in English; PDF File; ]
• A. Luperi, S. Casucci, R. Castellani Mannocci (Livorno, Italy):
  Skills and responsibilities of support staff in sterilization centres
  [in Italian; PDF File; ]

Session V
Confetti

• Christine Denis (Lille, France):
  RFDI coding of instruments
  [in English; PDF File; ]

Round Table
Sterilization of Medical Supplies as a Health Right in the World

• Assoc. Prof. Duygu Esel, MD (Kayseri, Turkey):
  Sterilization of Medical Supplies as a Health Right in Turkey
  [in English; PDF File; ]