March 17, 2024

NZSSA- Wellington Regional Meeting (aka Steam meeting)

Keep the date Saturday 4th May for the Wellington  Education day -Steam meeting. A god opportunity to add to your education hours for your portfolio. It […]
March 15, 2024

New meetings and education opportunities!

Kia ora, are you wanting to plan education for staff or yourself? Check out what’s new on the staff development meetings page: https://nzssa.org/meetings-staff-development/ Keep checking the […]
February 22, 2024

NZSSA Executive nominations open for 2024-2027 term

Now is the time to put forward nominations for the NZSSA Executive. All details are available on https://nzssa.org/membership/
February 6, 2024

Official Communication from Ministry of Health RE AS5369

Today I received an official Communication from the Ministry of Health clearly outlining that AS5369 has replaced AS/NZS4187 and AS/NZS4815. Please ensure that you read the […]
January 28, 2024

Standard AS 5369

It has come to my attention that there are some ill-informed rumours circulating that New Zealand will not be adopting AS5369. THESE RUMOURS ARE UNTRUE. I […]
December 18, 2023

Purchasing of Standard AS 5369

Hi all I have been informed that standards NZ will not be supplying this standard. It must be purchased directly from Standards Australia. Please use the […]
October 27, 2023

Educator / Staff Trainer Meeting, Tuesday 7 November, 10am via TEAMS

Hello everyone, the first educators/staff trainers meeting on November the Tuesday 7th at 10am. The purpose of this first meeting is for educators around NZ and […]
September 21, 2023

Review of NZSSA Constitution and Rules (C & R) – provide your thoughts by 27 October 2023

Kia ora, with the release of the updated Incorporated Societies Act the NZSSA needs to be review the constitution and rules of the Association. As part […]
September 12, 2023

IMMIGRATION GREENLIST APPLICANTS

Kia ora, this message is for services considering employment of overseas applicants and the applicants themselves. Where a technician currently working and living overseas applies for […]
July 17, 2023

IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR ALL CSSD MANAGERS RE OVERSEAS APPLICANTS

There has been a lot of confusion around overseas  qualified sterile technicians and the salaries that they can be offered. Sterile technicians are on  Tier 1 […]
July 5, 2023

Calling All CSSD Educators

I am trying to collate a list of all CSSD Educators  in both Public and Private Hospitals. if you are an educator ,please email your name […]
May 4, 2023

Congratulations

Congratulations to Martin Bird on his appointed to the role of Manager Sterile Services Dunedin Hospital. Well done and well deserved.