Conference Schedule

Friday – April 27, 2012

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
& 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Pre-Registration for Paid Attendees

Saturday – April 28, 2012 (pre-Conference Activities)

7:00 am – 11:00 am
& 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pre-Registration for Paid Attendees

9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Off-site Tours:

• Meet Albuquerque
• Acoma "Sky City" Pueblo
• Sandia Peak Tramway

9:00 am – 3:15 pm
Hands-On Labs and Workshops

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Orientation for First Time Attendees

4:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Workshop on CSSD Teaching and Learning

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
CSSD Workshop Dinner
(Sponsored by 3M Health Care)

Sunday – April 29, 2012

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Early Bird Round Table Discussions
(Coffee Sponsored by Case Medical)

8:00 am – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Technical Track (TT) and Management Track (MT)

8:00 am – 9:15 am
Concurrent Sessions

• Composition, Care and Handling of Flexible Scopes (TT)
• The Central Materiel Service Department and ISO
  9001:2008 (MT)

9:15 am – 9:30 am
Break

9:30 am – 10:45 am
Concurrent Sessions

• Oh No! We Have a Sterilization Process Failure (TT)
• Leadership Skills Necessary for Success (MT)

10:45 am – 11:00 am
Break

11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• The Importance of Surface Disinfection and Departmental Housekeeping (TT)
• The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey and Value Based Purchasing (VBP) Initiative; What are they and why should we care? (MT)

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch on Your Own

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Orientation for New Board Members

12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Board of Directors Brunch
(By Invitation to Chapter Representatives, Sponsored by Belimed)

2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• When Steam is Too Extreme – Today’s Options for Low
  Temperature Sterilization (TT)
• Training and Mentoring the Adult Learner in the CSSD (MT)

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Break

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• Is Your CSSD Team Really Committed to Service Excellence (TT)
• CSSD Competencies (MT)

6:00 pm
An Evening with SPSmedical

Monday – April 30, 2012

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration

7:30 am
Attendees being seated for opening ceremony

8:00 am – 8:30 am
President's Welcome

8:30 am – 10:00 am
Keynote Speaker
(Sponsored by 3M Health Care)

10:00 am – 10:15 am
Break

10:15 am – 11:30 am
General Session

• Joint Commission FAQ’s

11:45 am – 1:45 pm
Joint Board Meeting with Membership Lunch
(Sponsored by Kimberly Clark)

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
General Session

• So What Do You Do?

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Break

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Rising to Excellence; Incorporating CSSD Best Practices into Each Work Area
• Are You Leading or Just Taking A Walk?

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Chapter Representative Open Forum
(Board of Directors only)

6:00 pm
Cocktail Reception with Healthmark Industries

Tuesday – May 1, 2012

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Early Bird Round Table Discussions
(Coffee Sponsored by Case Medical)

8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Exhibits, Learning Annexes, Poster Displays, Repair Van Displays

11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Expo Boxed Lunches
(Sponsored by 3M Health Care)

2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
General Session

• Preventive verses Reactive Maintenance:
  A Case Study
  

4:00 pm
Break

4:00 pm
Auction/Prize Raffle Winners Posted

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• What is Steam Quality and Why Does it Matter?
• Around the World in 80 Slides; Focus on CSSD
  

6:00 pm
Awards Dinner with Spectrum Surgical and STERIS Corporation

Wednesday – May 2, 2012

7:00 am – 12:30 pm
Registration

8:00 am – 9:15 am
General Session

• Certification Advocacy Efforts and Mock Meeting with Legislators
  

9:15 am – 9:30 am
Break

9:30 am – 10:45 am
General Session

• Medical Device MFG’s IFU: What, Where, Why and How?
  

10:45 am – 11:00 am
Break

11:00 am – 12:15 pm
General Session

• Report from Washington: Update on AAMI and FDA Activities
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Albuquerque Annual Meeting ends at 12:30 pm