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25th WFHSS World Sterilization Congress
Santiago-Chile

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25th WFHSS World Sterilization Congress
Santiago-Chile

SPEAKERS

Anaclara Ferreira Veiga
Tipple, PhD

Professor at the Federal University of Goiás

Goiás, Brazil

Challenges in Cleaning Process

Ivan Salgo
MD, MS, MBA

ASP Medical & Scientific Affairs Chief Officer

Boston, United States

Margin of Safety

Philippe Destrez
MSc, MBA

ASP Scientific Director

France

ISO 22441

Christine Denis
PhD

President, WFHSS

France

Education and Guidelines

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Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. (pag.27 3.1 Surgical site infection risk factors: epidemiology and burden worldwide). https://www.who.int/gpsc/ssi-prevention-guidelines/en/
Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017 (Pag. 7, Table 3) https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.46.1800516
Special Report Top 10 Patient Safety 2020 – Executive-Brief, ECRI, page 9, 5. Device Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization. https://www.ecri.org/landing-top-10-patient-safety-concerns-2020
Ofstead, C. L., Buro, B. L., Hopkins, K. M., Eiland, J. E., Wetzler, H. P., & Lichtenstein, D. R. (2020). Duodenoscope-associated infection prevention: A call for evidence-based decision making. Endoscopy international open, 8(12), E1769–E1781. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1264-7173
Scoping the problem – endoscopy associated infections – The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology (www.thelancet.com/gastrohep Vol 3 July 2018)
Dancer, S. J., Stewart, M., Coulombe, C., Gregori, A., & Virdi, M. (2012). Surgical site infections linked to contaminated surgical instruments. The Journal of hospital infection, 81(4), 231–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.023. Journal Hosp Infection 2012 Aug;81(4):231-8.doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2012.04.023. Epub 2012 Jun 15.
Southworth P. M. (2014). Infections and exposures: reported incidents associated with unsuccessful decontamination of reusable surgical instruments. The Journal of hospital infection, 88(3), 127–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2014.08.007
Tosh, P. K., Disbot, M., Duffy, J. M., Boom, M. L., Heseltine, G., Srinivasan, A., Gould, C. V., & Berríos[1]Torres, S. I. (2011). Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa surgical site infections after arthroscopic procedures: Texas, 2009. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 32(12), 1179–1186. https://doi.org/10.1086/662712
https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/topics/circular-economy-introduction/overview
G.M. Kane, C.A. Bakker, A.R. Balkenende. Towards design strategies for circular medical products. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 135, 2018, Pages 38-47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.07.030)
McCreanor, V., & Graves, N. (2017). An economic analysis of the benefits of sterilizing medical instruments in low-temperature systems instead of steam. American journal of infection control, 45(7), 756–760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.02.026

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