Congratulations to Tracey Kereopa CSSD Manager Masterton Hospital. Tracey has had a paper that she wrote accepted for publication this month in the international journal of […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]