TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IHEEM Technical Platforms
Dr Brian Kirk, Managing Director of Brian Kirk Sterilization Consultancy Group, is a qualified Pharmacist, with a Masters Degree in Pharmaceutical Analysis, and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sterilisation Technology. His doctoral research involved investigations into the application of computer technology for modelling chemical reactions, and the inactivation of bacterial spores in steam sterilisation processes and monitoring and controlling steam sterilisers – for which he received the 1985 annual award for best submitted paper to the Parenteral Drug Associations Journal. He worked for over 10 years in the NHS as a quality control pharmacist for a hospital pharmaceutical sterile supply manufacturing department, gaining Qualified Person status. He joined 3M Health Care in 1989 as a development scientist for sterilisation monitoring
Dr Brian Kirk
BSc, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS, FIHEEM, AE(D) Managing Director, Brian Kirk Sterilization Consultancy Group Ltd
products, and, during his time there, developed and supported a number of new products, including the first electronic Bowie and Dick test device. His additional responsibilities included European Technical service for sterilisation, supporting customers and business teams, and later the same role within the UK region. Before leaving 3M in 2019 he was Scientific Affairs and Education manager for Western European. Throughout his career Brian has had special responsibilities for monitoring the development of national, European, and international standards on sterilisation. A member of BSI, CEN, and ISO committees responsible for developing standards for chemical and biological sterilisation indicators and steam, ethylene oxide, and vaporised hydrogen peroxide sterilisers and sterilisation processes, he is the convenor of ISO TC 198 working group 3, Moist heat sterilisation. Brian has presented at national and international conferences, published a number of peer-
reviewed articles, is a Fellow of IHEEM, and registered as a UK AE (Decontamination) by the same professional institute. He is also a visiting honorary lecturer at the University of Nottingham, and on the peer review panel for the Journal of Hospital Infection.
Learn more about the IHEEM
Technical Platforms The IHEEM Technical Platforms provide information and guidance for members, and advise on matters of special interest. They support members and the wider engineering and EFM systems with technical and specialist knowledge, providing a network where expertise, views and ideas can be shared in the following areas:
Decontamination Electrical Fire Safety Mechanical
Medical Devices MGPS Ventilation Water
For further information on our platforms, how to become a member and apply to join one of the Institute’s TPs, please visit
iheem.org.uk or contact IHEEM Head Office at
office@iheem.org.uk
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