Which of the following topic areas would you most like to see addressed at a future IAHCSMM Meeting?

Total responses to date = 97. Answers were as follows:

• Cleaning and Decontamination......................41 (42.27%)
• Infection Control......................31 (31.96%)
• Packaging......................21 (21.65%)
• Instrunment Assembly and Inspection......................32 (32.99%)
• Low Temperature Sterilization......................19 (19.59%)
• High Temperature Sterilization......................11 (11.34%)
• Sterilization Quality Assurance......................23 (23.71%)
• Inventory Management......................27 (27.84%)
• Sterility Maintenance and Sterile Storage Standards......................30 (30.93%)
• Equipment Management......................17 (17.53%)
• Customer Service......................24 (24.74%)
• Teambuilding - Working Well with Others......................48 (49.48%)
• Relationships with Surgery......................51 (52.58%)
• Staff Education......................52 (53.61%)
• Regulatory Issues and Industry Standards......................24 (24.74%)
• Safety......................20 (20.62%)
• Case Cart Systems......................25 (25.77%)
• Developing Policies and Procedures......................35 (36.08%)
• Career Development......................37 (38.14%)
• Training Methods......................35 (36.08%)
• Other......................11 (11.34%)
  • Answers included Mandatory Certification, staff turn over & hiring practices,Implant inventory, wages/salaries, what markers or ink pens to use when putting trays up, Sterilization Parameters, Loaner Instrumentation, Reprocessing Equipment, Power equipment, compuerization of inventory, Burnout

Our thanks to all those who responded.  

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