Coming to this website in October is a members only page. Here you will have access to: registration details, standards,  library,minutes of meetings, policy and guidelines […]

Following on from discussion at the NZSSA conference 2019, a letter has been forwarded to MTANZ and the Orthopaedic group made up of the loan set […]

Recently you may have all heard rumblings regarding the standard AS/NZS4187:2014 NZ has representation on the joint standard committee HE-023 which develops and updates the standard. […]

Following on from my last post regarding AS/NZS 4187, and my letter writing to those in high places, I have attended a meeting at the request […]

The NZSSA received a question asking if we should be doing anything different in CSSD during this crisis. The answer is: NO. Do what you always […]

Due to the COVID-19 situation the Executive have taken the very difficult decision to cancel the annual conference. This situation has created a lot of uncertainty […]

The AGM is normally held as part of the Annual Conference. This meeting is required under the C&R and the Executive are still working through how […]

Hi all information just received from Zentralsterilisation the official journal of the WFHSS. ” Are any additional measures required when reprocessing reusable medical devices? The answer […]

Many of you will have received a communication from ASP stating that during this Covid 19 Pandemic it MAY be acceptable to reprocess  N 95 masks […]

The article below may be of interest to you all. It supports the theory that reusing masks can be endangering the lives of health workers. Click […]

As you may be aware ASP(Sterrad) sent out communications stating that you may be able to sterilise single use N95 masks. The communication states that this […]

The Diploma is open for enrolment in trimester 2. If you are interested click on this link: Diploma in Sterilising Technology In 2019 the Diploma opened with […]