CSC Annual Scientific Conference
CSC’s scientific conference to ‘push the boundaries’
Dr. Jimmy Walker, chair of the Central Sterilising Club, provides an insight into what the 2024 Annual Scientific Conference has to offer. He reveals that delegates will be “in for a big surprise”.
“If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise”. Those are the often repeated lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy that were added to the tune of “The Teddy Bears Picnic” in 1932, by the Irish songwriter, to the tune composed by John Walter Bratton, in 1907. While not as old as this tune, the Central Sterilising Club (CSC) is celebrating its 64th year in 2024. As a Club, the committee is grateful for your support and we serve to deliver what you, the members, want in our scientific meetings. The Club remains a not-for-profit organisation, where everyone is treated equally, and we continue to independently run our conferences without trade stands and commercial shows. However, do you ever get the feeling when you turn up to the latest conference that the ideas that are being thrashed about are the same-old, same-old? To quote a phrase from Henry Ford “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” The CSC realises that
nothing ever stands still and to innovate, we have to do something new and different each year. While this almost inevitably involves taking risks, the committee works hard to ensure that our two-day Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) (15th and 16th April) and Annual Study Day (14th October) remain ground-breaking and educational (14 CPD points). The risk arises as more and more decontamination conferences are organised each year. However, we believe that additional conferences will stimulate more interest in decontamination as a science, as well as the important aspects of improving public health
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and recovery from surgery. So instead of going down to the woods today, we look forward to welcoming you to Gerrard’s Cross Crowne Plaza hotel on the 15th and 16th April where we will be hosting the 2024 Annual Scientific Conference. We can guarantee a first-class reception and facilities at the venue. The Kelsey lecture was established in 1980 through a donation from Dr. Jos Kelsey to enable a guest lecturer of international repute to be invited. This year, Prof. Martin Exner has been invited to give the lecture. Martin is Chair of Hygiene and Public Health at the University of Bonn and Managing
Director of the Institute, which is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Drinking Water Hygiene. This year’s Kelsey lecture will cover “‘Disinfection and Decontamination in Healthcare settings – critical aspects of microbial control”. The current speed of technological innovation in healthcare is astounding. Technologies such as artificial intelligence are set to transform
cancer detection and robots are transforming surgery. There has been an explosion in robotic surgery with practical innovative technology to improve surgical care and reduce infections and complications. We are delighted that surgeon Fraser Sutherland will discuss these very issues in his presentation “Surgeon’s perspective and patient benefits”. Fraser is a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Ross Hall Hospital, Glasgow (Private Patients) and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital (NHS Patients) where he undertakes cardiac surgical procedures. He trained in minimally invasive robot assisted mitral valve surgery and his philosophy is that small and seemingly simple improvements in a procedure can deliver large and significant benefits for individual patients if delivered in a controlled manner. Of course, carrying out transforming robotic
surgery is one thing but how do we ensure that the minimally invasive instruments are clean, sterilised and fit for purpose for the next patient? With over 25 years of decontamination experience in both the public and private sectors, Stuart White will address the issue of “Challenges of reprocessing robotic instruments.” These are complex, small
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