Scotland’s Medical Device Decontamination Seminar 2025

Estates & Facilities

08:00 am
13 May, 2025
Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel

Scotland’s Medical Device Decontamination Seminar 2025

Estates & Facilities

08:00 am
13 May, 2025
Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel

Event Overview:

Scotland’s Medical Device Seminar 2025 will offer you the opportunity for shared learning and discussion on various topics such as new guidance, research outcomes, trial, standard and regulations associated with decontamination of surgical instruments, endoscopes, and primary care instruments. 

You will have the chance to learn about new cross-cutting technology and innovation presented by the speakers and the exhibitors.

It also provides you with a space to improve communication and expand your network among a wide range of professionals.

We have a host of dynamic speakers and exhibitors from UK and beyond, who will provide expert insight into the field of decontamination of medical devices.

Who Will Attend:

  • Sterile Service Managers, Supervisors, Quality Managers. Technicians
  • Endocope Decontamination Units Managers, supervisors, technicians
  • Dental Local Decontamination Units managers and technicians
  • Dental Practitioners and nurses
  • Microbiologist
  • Competent Person (Decontamination)
  • Authorised Person (Decontamination)
  • Authorising Engineer (Decontamination)
  • Decontamination Lead
  • Infection Control Manager and Nurses
  • Laboratory
  • Manufacturers and Suppliers of Decontamination technologies
  • Estate and facilities team

The programme

08:30

Registration & Networking

Registration & Networking

09:30

Chair Opening Address

Chair Opening Address

09:40

Keynote Presentation - Matthias Tschoerner (Germany) (Provisionally Confirmed)

Identification and prevention of surface alterations on surgical Instruments caused by waterborne minerals Matthias Tschoerner (Germany)

10:00

Keynote Presentation (Title TBC)

Alice Miller
Assistant Postgraduate Dental Dean
NHS Education for Scotland

Synopsis TBC 

10:15

Keynote Presentation - Microbial Contamination of Final Rinse Water for Endoscope Washer Disinfectors (Confirmed)

Carol Colligan
Infection Control Manager / Decontamination Lead
NHS Shetland
  • Identification of the cause of high bacterial total viable counts (TVC) in the final rinse water from the Endoscopy Washer Disinfectors
  • The collaborative multi-disciplinary process undertaken to identify potential causes for this
  • Conclusions and the actions taken to resolve this issue

10:30

Q&A

Q&A

10:45

Morning Break

Morning Break

11:45

Chair Morning Reflection

Chair Morning Reflection 

11:50

Keynote Presentation - Vanda Plefko, Clinical Lead, Microbiology and Infection Control Doctor, NHS Highland (Provisionally Confirmed)

Clinical impact of incidents of final rinse water for endoscopes

12:10

Keynote Presentation - Gillian McIntosh (Invited)

Pre-liminary study of various cleaning methods of surgical instruments

12:25

Case Study - Wassenburg

Case Study - Wassenburg

12:45

Case Study - Nanosonics

Case Study - Nanosonics

13:05

Q&A

Q&A

13:20

Lunch and Networking

Lunch and Networking

14:05

Chair Afternoon Address

Chair Afternoon Address - Sulisti Holmes

14:10

Keynote Presentation - Prof. Jeremy Bagg, Emeritus Professor at the University of Glasgow (Provisionally Confirmed)

Maldent project

14:25

Keynote Presentation - John Prendergast, Chairman, Central Sterlising Club (Provisionally Confirmed)

Embracing new frontiers, with lessons learnt from the past! 

14:40

Keynote Presentation - Speaker TBC (Invited)

Medical Device Regulations

14:55

Keynote Presentation - Sulisti Holmes, Head of Decontamination and Incident Reporting Investigation Centre Facilities Services NHSScotland Assure NHS National Services Scotland (Invited)

Evaluation of the performance of test soils used to validate washer disinfector

15:10

Q&A

Q&A

15:25

Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks

15:35

End of Day

End of Day

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£500.00 excl VAT
Limited places
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£0.00 No VAT
Limited places
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