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).

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.

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.

Links:

• OEGSV Supporting Members List
• ÖGSV Member Application Form (Adobe PDF Format)

ÖGSV Organisation

Other bodies of the Society in addition to the general member's meeting include the ÖGSV Advisory Board and the ÖGSV Board of Directors:

• , 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

ÖGSV Events

Upcoming Conferences

Annual ÖGSV Conference 2011
12 May 2011 to 13 May 2011
Seehotel Hafnersee, Carinthia, Austria
[ More information: www.oegsv.at ]

Past Conferences

Annual ÖGSV Conference 2009
07 May 2009 to 08 May 2009
Seehotel Hafnersee, Carinthia, Austria
[ Post Congress Website: www.oegsv.com/events/FT 2009/Fachtagung 2009.htm ]
[ More information: www.oegsv.at ]

Annual WFHSS and ÖGSV Conference 2007
03 May 2007 to 05 May 2007
Baden, Austria
[ Info, Lectures, Presentations ]

Annual ÖGSV Conference 2005
28 April 2005 to 29 April 2005
Seehotel Hafnersee, Carinthia, Austria

3rd Annual ÖGSV Conference and Member Meeting
07 March 2003
Hotel Wiesler, Graz, Austria

Annual ÖGSV Conference and Member Meeting 2000
09 November 2000
Graz, Austria

ÖGSV Contact

Address:

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Sterilgutversorgung (OEGSV)
Ursprungweg 160
A-8045 Graz
Austria

Tel:

+43-(0)316-69 47 11

Fax:

+43-(0)316-69 47 11 4

Email:

Web:

www.oegsv.com

Information about Austria

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
• Time Zone: Central European Time [GMT +1]
• Currency: Euro [EUR]

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.