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International Association Of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM)

Patti Koncur Named IAHCSMM Educational Specialist

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management has hired Patti Koncur, CRCST, CHMMC, ACE, a central sterile supply veteran and long-standing active IAHCSMM member, to serve as the association’s educational specialist. Under the direction of ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
AAMI Webinar on Rigid Sterilization Containers Approved for IAHCSMM and CBSPD Contact Hours

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) will hold a webinar on "Rigid Sterilization Containers: Best Practices," on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST. The speaker is Martha L. Young, BS, MS, CSPDT. Rigid sterilization ...More
3 weeks ago
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
IAHCSMM, States Making Headway on CSSD Certification Efforts

The central sterile supply (CSS) discipline is ever-evolving and routinely faces new technology, instrumentation and standards. Staying abreast of these changes is a pervasive challenge, yet is essential for ensuring quality in the central sterile supply department (CSSD), ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Plan Now for National Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) reminds those in the infection prevention profession that October 9-15, 2011, hospitals will be celebrating National Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week. It’s a ...More
August 16, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
IAHCSMM Hires Government Affairs Director to Advance Legislative Efforts

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) announces that it has appointed Josephine Colacci, BA, JD, to serve as its government affairs director. The position was created to better assist IAHCSMM and its members in mandatory ...More
September 20, 2010
Posted in News
Plan Now for CS Week 2010 to Celebrate Your CSSD

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) reminds sterile processing professionals and infection preventionists that Oct. 10-16, 2010, has been designated at National Healthcare CS & Sterile Processing Week, so mark your ...More
August 17, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
IAHCSMM Offers New Video to Promote CSSDs

Before a surgeon can make that initial incision, a team of skilled central sterile supply department (CSSD) professionals has worked diligently to ensure that each and every instrument is properly decontaminated, sterilized, well-functioning, and available when needed, ...More
August 17, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
OR and SP Riding the Wave in the Perfect Storm

Sterile processing (SP) and operating room (OR) staff once “lived” in separate worlds, rarely working or communicating. They were on two different islands. However, there is a tidal wave of issues causing “the perfect storm” that is requiring these ...More
February 24, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
SPD Experts Tackle Instrument-Related Issues in the OR

ICT asked sterile processing experts to tackle a few thorny issues related to instrumentation and the operating room (OR). Our experts are: Lisa Huber, CRCST, BA, ACE, FCS, sterile processing director at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, Ill. and president of the IAHCSMM ...More
February 22, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
IAHCSMM Appoints Deputy Executive Director

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) has created a deputy executive director position and has hired Denise (Dee) M. Jones to fill the new role. As deputy executive director, Jones will assume a supportive role under ...More
June 25, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

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