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to learn – not just from incidents, but through opportunities for training and education. To attain (and sustain) high standards in the sector, we need to invest in decontamination teams – encouraging personal development and providing opportunities for career development. As part of this remit, the IDSc’s conference and exhibition is returning this year to provide valuable opportunities for education and support for personal development. IDSc’s event provides a space in which the voice of decontamination professionals can be heard, as well as opportunities to speak with industry to share insights into ongoing challenges. Among the many informative sessions includes a presentation by Claire Sides – the head of training at STERIS IMS, who oversees the delivery of internal training, accredited qualifications and an inhouse apprenticeship programme to a workforce of over 1,300 employees in the UK. Her session ‘Apprenticeships in the sterile services sector – the value and impact’ will explore apprenticeship opportunities in the world of decontamination. It will evidence the ‘how’s’ and ‘whys’ of apprenticeships and will feature the lived experience of the healthcare science apprenticeship journey, directly from an apprentice.
Dr. Helen Griffiths, a nurse practitioner/ endoscopist, JAG assessor and decontamination lead for the BSG, will give a presentation on ‘Competent staff – ensuring the quality and safety of patient services’, which will focus on the importance of competency in the provision of safe, high quality patient services. She will consider: ‘What are the risks of not having demonstrable skills for the role you undertake?’
Boota Singh, the EPAO manager for the National School of Healthcare Science, will discuss ‘Apprenticeships as a career route’. Boota will cover: l The explanation of the structure of the healthcare science apprentice pathway.
l How decontamination is mirrored by other specialties e.g. life science.
l The career pathway and knowledge support from previous learning.
l How apprenticeships are educationally and professionally recognised in England.
Prof Mahmood Bhutta, inaugural chair in ENT surgery and professor of sustainable healthcare at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, and honorary consultant and clinical green lead for University Hospitals Sussex, will present a session titled: ‘Sustainability in surgery: a circular economy for medical products’. This session will cover the carbon footprint of the NHS and – in particular
– operating theatres. It will particularly focus on reliance on single-use equipment, and approaches and barriers to reuse of equipment.
Dr. Chantelle Rizan is a lecturer in sustainable healthcare at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, completing final stages of her PhD in which she uses carbon foot printing and life cycle assessment methods to identify carbon hotspots within surgical operations, and to evaluate low-carbon alternative products and processes. She will deliver a presentation on: ‘The role of reusable instruments and optimising sterilisation in sustainable surgery’, which will draw on her own PhD research and existing studies to provide an evidence-based approach to reducing the environmental impact of products used within the surgical operating theatre. Sterile services manager, Antony Heard, will give a presentation on ‘Returning to reusable – case study: Princess Alexandra Hospital Harlow’. The session will focus on returning to reusable polyware – detailing, how and why this was implemented, and the benefits achieved. Rob Higgins, senior regulatory affairs specialist at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will give a presentation on ‘UK Medical Devices Regulations: now and in the future’, which will cover how the current and future UK Medical Devices Regulations impact decontamination units.
Yvonne Winchester, who has 37 years’ experience in decontamination, will present on ‘Improving quality and safety; by maximising the flow of reusable medical devices (RMD) through the CSSD process and reducing the number of errors and complaints in South-Eastern HSC Trust.’ The presentation will outline the various
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interventions that were taken when unidentified black specks were noticed on instrumentation when presented to the users. The presentation will go through the stages of the investigations and the multi- disciplinary group that was set up to address the issues. It will give the outcomes and the additional positive improvements in working relations with all teams in the organisation.
Richard Bancroft has over 35 years’ experience in decontamination of medical devices and is a IHEEM Registered Authorising Engineer (Decontamination). He will discuss: ‘Vaporised hydrogen peroxide (VH2O2) sterilisation – a new era of standardisation’. Within the last few years, three published consensus standards have been developed and adopted by ISO & CEN, addressing specific attributes for VH2O2 sterilisation. In the coming months and years, another three consensus standards will be published that will further recognise the importance of VH2O2 sterilisation for both single-use and reusable medical devices. Of these, the most significant is ISO 22441, addressing the development, validation and routine control of sterilisation by VH2O2. He will discuss how the ability of VH2O2 to sterilise many medical device types, not just thermolabile and moisture-sensitive medical devices, is now accepted due to its efficacy, safety, and process speed.
Other topics include: the unidentified patient risks using ultrasound probes, reprocessing of robotic surgery reusable instruments, inventory management, and many more. For details of the latest speakers’ programme, visit
www.idsc-uk.
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The IDSc Annual Conference and exhibition will be held on 29-30 November 2022, at the Eastside Rooms in Birmingham.
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