Welcome to the homepage of the Austrian Society for Sterile Supply!
WHO WE ARE
The Austrian Society for Sterile Supply was founded in Vienna in May 1997. By the end of 2006, the association had around 250 members (sterile supply professionals, scientists and companies).
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ÖGSV Mission
The primary goal of the ÖGSV is to devise a uniform, high-quality standard for the entire sterile supply in hospitals and industry. Objectives to implement this goals are:
Initiate, develop and support expert meetings, seminars and conferences as well as research projects.
Providing continued education courses to make the professionals and supervisors capable of preparing instruments and devices at the proper quality, reducing costs and avoiding errors in sterile supply departments.
Cooperation with other European associations such as DGSV, SGSV/SSSH/SSSO, WFHSS, etc.
Supporting the development of international communication among CSD professionals, hygienists and sterilisation experts.
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ÖGSV Membership
Reports on ÖGSV events as well as general news on the association are published in the ÖGSV members journal Sterifix, which appears 3-4 times a year. In addition, members of the ÖGSV get the journal Zentralsterilisation/Central Service for free.
, President
Maria-Theresia Enko, Vice President
Eleonora Drescher, 2nd Vice President
Dr. Viola Buchrieser, Secretary
Dr. Astrid Mayr, Vice Secretary
Melitta Hausegger, 2nd Vice Secretary
Dr. Michael Gehrer, Treasurer
Renate Zierler, Vice Treasurer
Dr. Ulrike Prüfert-Freese, 2nd Vice Treasurer
Please visit the ÖGSV Website for more information about the activities of the Austrian Society for Sterile Supply.
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Information about Austria
Location
Austria is in Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia. Austria shares borders with Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, and Switzerland 164 km.
Statistics
Area: 83,870 km² (land: 82,444 km², water: 1,426 km²)
Population: 8,174,762 (July 2004)
Capital: Vienna
Language: German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland)
Religion: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4%
Climate: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers
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