2011 IAHCSMM Louisville Meeting Slide Show

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Chapter members from New York City, Rochester, Syracuse and Niagara Falls 
attended the International Association Healthcare for Central Service Material Management annual meeting and seminar in Louisville Kentucky, April 30th-May 4, 2011. Members were apart of the early festivities surrounding the famous Kentucky Derby. The two tours that were offered during pre-registration were the Churchill Downs Race Track and the Louisville Slugger Museum. Both tours included lunch and a bus tour of historic down town Louisville. I gave these events four stars.    

The education sessions and discussions provided attendees exceptional information relating to sterilization, technical updates regarding care and maintenance of instrumentation and supervisor/management skills to run a professional and successful CSSD department. Free credit hours were given out to attendees from many different vendors during the vendor exhibit.
Many attendees experienced for the first time ever vendor repair van. The vendor repair vans were on display at the vendor exhibit.

In addition to the very knowledgeable and quality panel of speakers, we had a great   keynote speaker, Diana Jordon that made the audience laugh a lot while learning about yourself and taking pride in what you do.

The Lower Hudson Valley Southern NY Association for Central Service Professionals (LHVSNY) was approved by IAHCSMM for chapter affiliation at the May 2011 meeting in Kentucky.

The New York Association for Central Service Professionals (NYSACSP) would like to welcome Lower Hudson Valley Southern NY Association for Central Service Professionals (LHVSNY) on board as well.
Some of our goals as chapters are to promote CSSD continuous education; work towards mandated certification for New York State and making sure that all are members hold IAHSCMM’s membership and certification. 
The NYSCASP consist of six chapters:

IAHCSMM members greeted the incoming President Bruce Bird and said farewell to Lisa Huber (out going President) at the Louisville Kentucky meeting. Bruce Bird has a very long affiliation to IAHCSMM serving on many committees, as well as an IAHCSMM past president.

Social events for the attendees were sponsored by SPS Medical, Steris and Spectrum, Healthmart, IMS, Belimed and 3M Healthcare. The events included dinner, dancing and happy hour cocktails.

Below members meet Josephine Colacci, Government Affairs Director for IAHCSMM.
Josephine Colacci presented the educational session: Legislative Updates on Certification Efforts in the United States

IAHCSMM Meeting

Left to right is Frank Riggi, Deborah Spratt, Wilhelmina Jones, Josephine Colacci, Steve Maley, and Victoria Spencer

The IAHCSMM 2012 Annual Meeting will be held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Please visit www.iahcsmm.org for details.

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