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; ]