10:00-21:00, Foyer - Registration
18:00-19:30, Grand Hall - Ceremonial
Greetings by the president of the WFHSS
Denis, Christine (Lille, France)
Greetings by the president of the DGSV
Roitsch, Maik (Wustermark, Germany)
Greetings by the Mayor of the City Bonn
Klingmüller, Gabriele (Bonn, Germany)
Welcome of the sponsors
Social project Nepal
Deinet, Frank (Graefelfing, Germany)
19:30-21:00, Foyer - Social program
07:00-07:30, Outside - Social program
07:45-08:30, Wien - Breakfast symposium of industry
07:45-08:30, Nairobi - Breakfast symposium of industry
Development of the requirements concerning process chemicals
Kamer, Markus (Hamburg, Germany)
Reprocessing of design-critical instruments
Osmancevic, Sadmir (Berlin, Germany)
Innovative systems for cleaning processes – modern process chemicals require
modern dosing solutions
Tschoerner, Matthias (Hamburg, Germany)
07:45-08:30, Addis Abeba 1-2 - Breakfast symposium of industry
08:45-09:30, New York - Keynote
Dare to change
Renders, Wim (Brügge, Belgium)Presentation
09:30-10:15, New York - Symposium
Proposal for controlling the maintenance of sterility at the highest possible sterility assurance level up to the point of use
Dunkelberg, Hartmut (Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany)Presentation
Validated processing in an air loadable sterilization unit of the German Armed Forces
Berthelsen, Ingo (Leer, Germany)
10:15-10:45, Foyer - Break
10:45-12:15, New York - Symposium
Comparing different pre-cleaning methods in a laboratory setting
Winter, Sandra (Zug, Switzerland)Presentation
The latest developments in the reprocessing of complex Robot instruments
Michels, Winfried (Warburg, Germany)Presentation
Removing biofilms from endoscopes: the importance of the cleaning chemistry
Vanzieleghem, Thomas (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)Presentation
Evaluation of the efficacy of manual versus fully automated cleaning procedures on surgical instruments
Spencer, Wayne (Wistow, United Kingdom)Presentation
12:15-14:15, Foyer - Break
12:25-13:10, Wien - Lunch symposium of industry
Concept 15.30 – new intelligent and space-saving washer disinfector solutions for the CSSD
Schneider, Andreas (Planegg, Germany)
12:30-14:00, Nairobi - Lunch symposium of industry
12:30-14:00, Addis Abeba 1-2 - Lunch symposium of industry
Structuring the environment of H2O2 Sterilization
Spencer, Wayne (Wistow, United Kingdom)
Adapting to the evolution of Medical Devices’ technologies. The example of flexible endoscopes
Osmancevic, Sadmir (Berlin, Germany)
Shaping the future. Innovative technologies in the hands of the CSSD
Yarwood, Jeremy (Advanced Sterilization Products, United States)
12:30-14:00, Bangkok 1-2 - Lunch symposium of industry
The Evolution of Cannulated Instrument Cleaning
Denis, Christine (Lille, France)Presentation
The Evolution of Cannulated Instrument Cleaning
Auly, Markus (Belimed, Switzerland)Presentation
13:20-14:05, Wien - Lunch symposium of industry
14:15-15:45, New York - Symposium
Virucidal efficacy of peracetic acid for automated washer disinfectors in tests simulating practical conditions
Steinmann, Jochen (Bremen, Germany)
Characterization of surface alterations on surgical Instruments caused by silicates and titanium oxides
Tschoerner, Matthias (Hamburg, Germany)
Relationship between disinfectant use and antibiotic resistance
Tezel, Ulas (Istanbul, Turkey)Presentation
Current progress of the updated ISO and CEN standards on cleaning eficacy
McDonnell, Gerald (Raritan, New Jersey, United States)Presentation
14:15-15:45, Addis Abeba 3 - Workshop (german)
14:15-15:45, Bangkok 3 - Workshop (german)
14:15-16:15, Bonn - Workshop (english)
14:15-15:45, Berlin - Workshop (english)
14:15-15:45, Santiago - Workshop (english)
14:15-15:45, Tokyo - Workshop (german)
15:45-16:30, Foyer - Break
16:30-18:00, New York - Symposium
Establishment of penetration time on medical device product families based on ISO 17665-3 during performance qualification of steam sterilization
Castillo, Roel Beltran (Macquarie, Australia)Presentation
Impact of air removal in steam penetration: a case study
Pilasi, Matías (Santiago, Chile)Presentation
5th Edition of the Guideline „Validation of Automated Cleaning and Disinfection Processes”
Eibl, Robert (Munich, Germany)Presentation
Validation of manual cleaning and chemical disinfection processes
Carter, Anke (Köln, Germany)Presentation
16:30-18:00, Addis Abeba 3 - Workshop (english)
16:30-18:00, Bangkok 3 - Workshop (english)
16:30-18:00, Berlin - Workshop (german)
16:30-18:00, Santiago - Workshop (german)
16:30-18:00, Tokyo - Workshop (english)
18:30-20:00, Grand Hall - General Assembly
07:45-08:30, Wien - Breakfast symposium of industry
The brownish discouloured sterilizer chamber – symptoms, causes and treatment of an old problem
Rosenberg, Urs (Zuchwil, Switzerland)Presentation
07:45-08:30, Nairobi - Breakfast symposium of industry
08:45-09:30, New York - Symposium
Reprocessing medical devices in Mongolia
Gantumur, Tsagaan (Ulan Bator, Mongolia)Presentation
Hospital Hygiene Project in Mongolia
Popp, Walter (Dortmund, Germany)Presentation
09:30-10:15, New York - Keynote
The importance of surface cleaning and disinfection to prevent hospital infections
Gebel, Jürgen (Bonn, Germany)Presentation
10:15-10:45, Foyer - Break
10:45-11:15, New York - Symposium
Legal framework – impact of new EU Medical Devices Regulation on reprocessing of single use medical devices in Europe and Germany
Jaekel, Christian (Luebben, Germany)
11:15-12:15, New York - Symposium
Timely and efficient
sterile goods supply without stress
Vitr, Mirco (Herzogenrath, Germany)
Process and Cost Analysis of Sterile Supply
Mickley, Thomas (Greifswald, Germany)
12:15-14:15, Foyer - Break
12:25-13:10, Wien - Lunch symposium of industry
Mobile CSSD solutions by MMM Group – Plug & Play holistic systems for temporary installations
during the renovation phase of an existing CSSD
Drouin, Hans-Jörg (Planegg, Germany)
Mobile ZSVA Lösungen der MMM Group – Ganzheitliche Plug & Play Lösungen für temporäre Installationen während der Umbauphase einer bestehenden ZSVA
Drouin, Hans-Jörg (Planegg, Germany)
12:25-13:10, Addis Abeba 1-2 - Lunch symposium of industry
12:30-14:00, Nairobi - Lunch symposium of industry
Corporate News, Aiming Higher Together!
Alonso, Marino (Barcelona, Spain)
The Revolution: The new Generation of MATACHANA Washing Line MAT LD
Lorenzo, Elena (Barcelona, Spain)
Low Temperature Sterilization: The Coexistence of different Technologies
Tronje, von den Hagen (Selmsdorf, Germany)
12:30-14:00, Bangkok 1-2 - Lunch symposium of industry
Sterilization of endoscopes and why we choose low-temperature reprocessing method
Csapo, Albert (Vancouver, Canada)Presentation
Improving the cleaning of surgical instruments – the importance of pre-treatment and performance qualification testing
Smith, Andrew (Glasgow, United Kingdom)Presentation
Assessment and application of lean strategies for material and data flow connected to the CSSD workflow
Lagerfors, Camilla (Stockholm, Sweden)Presentation
13:20-14:05, Wien - Lunch symposium of industry
13:20-14:05, Addis Abeba 1-2 - Lunch symposium of industry
14:15-15:45, New York - Symposium
Survey and Evaluation of Disinfection Systems of Semi-Critical Probes
Holmes, Sulisti (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Control of the cleaning efficacy during PQ of EWD processes using test pieces according to Annex 8 – a field investigation
Wehrl, Markus (Krefeld, Germany)
Cleaning disinfectants or disinfecting cleaners - what should be considered?
Martiny, Heike (Berlin, Germany)
Assessment of biocompatibility of process chemicals use for decontamination of medical instruments
Biering, Holger (Grevenbroich, Germany)Presentation
14:15-15:45, Wien - Symposium
Vorstellung des Kompetenzzentrums der KVen
Dorbath, Marion (Reutlingen, Germany)
Raumausstattung und Einrichtung einer AEMP – Einraumlösung
Jones, Adelheid (Cologne, Germany)
Herausforderung Aufbereitung von Übertragungsinstrumenten
Riebe, Oliver (Schwerin, Germany)
Regelmäßige Schulung der Mitarbeiter in der Zahnarztpraxis
Klaeren, Monica (Tuebingen, Germany)
15:45-16:30, Foyer - Break
16:30-17:30, New York - Symposium
Certification of Reprocessing Based on the German KRINKO/BfArM Recommendation - Experience of 13 Years
Kiessling, Thomas (Nuremberg, Germany)Presentation
Evaluation of the water test to assess the functionality of sterilization containers
Lambert, Christophe (Chambery, France)Presentation
ISO 13485 Quality Systems as a Method of Reducing Risk in Sterile Processing
Cordie, Lena (Victoria, United States)Presentation
16:30-17:30, Wien - Symposium
Änderungen der MPBetreibV 2017 – was ist wichtig für Arzt- und Zahnarztpraxen?
Jaekel, Christian (Luebben, Germany)
Desinfektion von vaginalen US Sonden
Möllers, Mareike (Münster, Germany)
Prozesskostenvergleich manuelle-maschinelle Aufbereitung von vaginalen US Sonden
Schulze, Stefan (DGSV, Germany)
19:00-00:00, Outside - Social program
09:00-10:30, New York - Symposium
International best practice in the CSDD - do pathogens know about country borders?
Kirmse, Gerhard (Tuttlingen, Germany)
How undesirable events can make you grow – a case-study of the ancillary process at CHU Brugmann’s CSSD
Fegatilli, Ermano (Brussels, Belgium)Presentation
Bundles for CSSD
Karnas Hoefel, Heloisa Helena (Porto Alegre, Brazil)Presentation
Important product information about repaired and altered medical products
Fiamma, Massimo (Tuttlingen, Germany)
10:30-11:00, Foyer - Break
11:00-12:00, New York - Symposium
A Latin American perspective – benchmarking in sterile processing departments in Colombia
Ordoñez Diaz, Mayra Samara (Bogotá, Colombia)Presentation
Video tutorial in a sterilization department – a learning tool to assembly Tarnier forceps
Garnier, Alexandra (Paris, France)
Dual education program in Germany
Wiese, Klaus (Dortmund, Germany)
12:00-12:30, Foyer - Break
12:30-13:00, New York - Symposium
13:00-14:00, New York - Ceremonial
Farewell by the president of WFHSS
Denis, Christine (Lille, France)
Farewell by the president of DGSV
Roitsch, Maik (Wustermark, Germany)
Welcome to 19th WFHSS Congress - Mexico 2018