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AIOS Organisation

PRESIDENT

Flavia Bossi
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Gerardo, Monza

VICE PRESIDENTS

Giancarlo Ferlenghi
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Azienda Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona

Elio Burzi
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Presidio Ospedaliero S. Donato - ASL 8, Arezzo

Luisa Dalprato
Centrale di sterilizzazione, Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci, Ravenna

TREASURER

Mario Baggio
Centrale di sterilizzazione, Azienda Sanitaria ULSS 3 - Ospedale S. Bassiano, Bassano del Grappa

SECRETARY

Donatella Rivolta
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Gerardo, Monza

OTHER OFFICE MEMBERS

Claudia Badaracchi
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Azienda Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona

Norma Bianchi
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci, Ravenna

Beatrice Benedetti
Coordinatrice Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Azienda Ospedaliera Torrette, Ancona

Paola Cugini
Settore Controllo Infezioni, Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, Bologna

Rossella Matteucci
Centrale di Sterilizzazione, Ospedale S. Maria delle Croci, Ravenna

AIOS Events

Upcoming Events

Annual WFHSS and AIOS Conference 2008
May 2008
Italy
[ More information: more details will be provided in due course ]

Past Events

X Congresso Nazionale A.I.O.S.
06 October 2005 to 08 October 2005
Pesaro, Italy
[ More information: www.aiosterile.org ]

IX Congresso Nazionale A.I.O.S.
10 October 2003 to 11 October 2003
Bologna, Italy

AIOS Contact

AIOS Secretariat
c/o CSR Congressi Srl
Casella Postale 1769, 40100 Bologna, Via U. Bassi 13, 40121 Bologna, Italy

Tel +39-(0)51-765357
Fax +39-(0)51-765195
Email
Website www.aiosterile.org

Information about Italy

Location

Italy is in Southern Europe, a peninsula extending from the Alps into the central Mediterranean Sea. Italy has 7,600 km of coastline, and, with a total of 1,932.2 km land boundaries, Italy shares borders with Austria (430 km), France (488 km), Holy See (Vatican City, 3.2 km), San Marino (39 km), Slovenia (232 km), and Switzerland (740 km). Italy's territory is mostly rugged and mountainous with some plains and coastal lowlands.

Statistics

• Area: 301,230 km² (land: 294,020 km² includes Sardinia and Sicily; water: 7,210 km²)
• Population: 57,998,353 (July 2003)
• Capital: Rome
• Language: Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)
• Religion: predominately Roman Catholic; mature Protestant and Jewish communities; growing Muslim immigrant community
• Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south
• Time Zone: Central European Time [GMT+1]
• Currency: Euro [EUR]