Summer is gone! Fall is here and a hint of cold weather tells us that soon we will be seeing snow. This year has gone very fast, so fast that by the time we realize that our meeting schedule is almost gone. We hope that you enjoy the summer and now are ready for an educational seminar. We know there are many new technicians who are anxious to get your CE’s and to get to know other technicians. We have…
You deserve it!!! Once again we are celebrating Central Sterile Week perhaps this week your hospital have special events to acknowledge the hard work you do to ensure all patients who come through your hospital have no infections after their surgery. We work very hard to clean, prepare and sterilize all surgical instruments needed in surgery because it is our duty and we care. We are certainly instrumental to get patients feeling better. YOU are an important piece in the…
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Facility: St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital – Newburgh Campus, Newburgh NY Department: Central Supply – Full-time – Varied shift – Varied shift – Related course work is required St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital is dedicated to providing excellent health care services to our community. Our vision is to be a leader in clinical and service excellence, working in partnership with our medical staff, employees, and area health care providers to improve the health of our community. We are growing and searching for…
It is January 2019 and the holidays are over!!! It is the time to reflect on New Year’s resolutions and perhaps think about what is next for you professionally. The Central Sterile field continues to evolve and more is required for technicians. Many States require certification and continuing education in order to maintain or obtain a position in central sterile. We have become an essential team members of the surgical team and the pressure and expectations to perform accurately and…
DON’T MISS the LAST New York City’s Central Sterile Chapter Educational Seminar of the year 2018 the nationally known speakers coming to and NYC…. WHERE: Lenox Hill Hospital 100 E. 77th St, New York, NY 10075 BRUNO Conference Center, Black Hall Entrance Program 7:00-7:30 am Registration/Continental Breakfast 7:30-7:45 am Welcome, Joseph Ruiz, Interim President 7:45-9:00 am “Water for the Reprocessing of Medical Devices. How to meet AAMI TIR 34 in the CSSD….
Come join The New York City’s Central Sterile chapter in the Last Educational Seminar of the year 2018 …. WHERE: Lenox Hill Hospital 100 E. 77th St, New York, NY 10075 BRUNO Conference Center Program 7:00-7:30 am Registration/Continental Breakfast 7:30-7:45 am Welcome, Joseph Ruiz, Interim President 7:45-9:00 am “Water for the Reprocessing of Medical Devices. How to meet AAMI TIR 34 in the CSSD. ” Jim Baker, Sponsored by NuStream Filtration. 9:00-10:00…
We are happy to announce that our Sept. 22 seminar entitled “Quality and Service Excellence is Our Ultimate Goal” was an absolute success. Attendees received 6 CE from IAHCSMM and CBSPD. Our speakers presented the latest topic on quality principles and patient risk prevention. We thank Lamont Holiday for bringing and providing the awards to the attendees and vendors. We also thank our speaker sponsors: ASP – Nancy Fellow and Brenda Loguidice; Healthmark – Ray Taurasi; SP Concepts – Kevin…
NEW DATE SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 Educational Seminar THEME: “Quality and Service Excellence is Our Ultimate Goal” Date: Saturday September, 22, 2018 Time: 7:00 am- 7:30 am Continental Breakfast 7:30 am (registration) 7:45 am- 3:30 pm (program) Where: Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital Rockefeller Conference Center 430 E 67 St. NYC Program: 7:00-7:30 am Registration, Continental Breakfast, Sponsored by ASP7:30-7:45 am Welcome, Janice Griffin, President 7:45-8:45 am “Implementing a Quality Assurance Program for The Cleaning Process” Ray Taurasi, CRCST, FCS, Sponsored by…
Announcement!!! The NYC CS Association seminar entitled “Quality and Service Excellence is Our Ultimate Goal” with guest speaker Ray Taurasi, IAHCSMM Past President, sponsored by Healthmark has been postponed until September 22, 2018. The program will provide a minimum of 6 CEU’s and it will be held from 7:30 am – 3:30pm. Unfortunately we couldn’t secure a location to host the meeting. We urge everyone to actively participate in the Chapter activities and for those who are in leadership positions…
As our field changes with more regulations and mandates we need to prepare to be the best we can be and excel in the jobs we have come to love. Thirty years ago we didn’t need to know IFU’s, we hardly had any complex instruments and our tasks were simply to deliver some supplies to the floors. Today we have robots in the OR and most recently robots that can help assembling instrument trays in sterile processing. What a change…