Scotland’s Medical Device Decontamination Seminar 2025

Estates & Facilities

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

Scotland’s Medical Device Decontamination Seminar 2025

Estates & Facilities

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

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
  • Endoscope 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 - (Confirmed)

Dr. Sulisti Holmes
Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre
NHS Scotland Assure

Chair Opening Address - Dr. Sulisti Holmes, Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre, NHS Scotland Assure (Confirmed)

09:40

Presentation - Identification and prevention of surface alterations on surgical Instruments caused by waterborne minerals (Confirmed)

Dr. Matthias Tschoerner
Head of Applications Department and Research and Development
Chemische Fabrik Dr. Weigert GmbH & Co.

Identification and prevention of surface alterations on surgical Instruments caused by waterborne minerals 

Synopsis TBC

10:00

Presentation - Publications of SHTM 01-05 (Confirmed)

Alice Miller
Assistant Postgraduate Dental Dean
NHS Education for Scotland

Publications of SHTM 01-05

The development process, main changes and what does it means to dental community?

10:15

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

Carol Colligan
Infection Control Manager / Decontamination Lead
NHS Shetland

Microbial Contamination of Final Rinse Water for Endoscope Washer Disinfectors

  • 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 (Confirmed)

Dr. Sulisti Holmes
Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre
NHS Scotland Assure

Chair Morning Reflection - Dr. Sulisti Holmes, Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre, NHS Scotland Assure (Confirmed)

11:50

Presentation - Clinical impact of incidents of final rinse water for endoscopes (Confirmed)

Vanda Plecko
Consultant Microbiologist & Infection Control Doctor
NHS Highland

Clinical impact of incidents of final rinse water for endoscopes

Synopsis TBC

12:10

Presentation - RMD Decontamination Policy and Guidance In NHS Scotland (Confirmed)

Anne Campbell
Technical Advisor (Decontamination)
National Services Scotland

RMD Decontamination Policy and Guidance In NHS Scotland

A short overview of new and revised NHS Scotland  Reusable Medical Device decontamination guidance.

12:25

Case Study - Wassenburg (Confirmed)

Case Study - Wassenburg

12:45

Case Study - Nanosonics (Confirmed)

Case Study - Nanosonics

13:05

Q&A

Q&A

13:20

Lunch and Networking

Lunch and Networking

14:05

Chair Afternoon Address (Confirmed)

Dr. Sulisti Holmes
Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre
NHS Scotland Assure

Chair Afternoon Address - Dr. Sulisti Holmes, Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre, NHS Scotland Assure (Confirmed)

14:10

Presentation - Dr. Gillian Cairns Associate Global Head, Microbiology Team, Regulatory Services BSi (Provisionally Confirmed)

The Impact of the New MDR on CDU Audits

Synopsis TBC

14:25

Presentation - Decontamination Challenges – Pioneering The Future (Confirmed)

John Prendergast
Principal Engineer
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership/Specialist

Decontamination Challenges – Pioneering The Future

Synopsis TBC

14:40

Presentation - Lean Trays (Confirmed)

Ms Lydia Robb
Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow, Plastic Surgery Trainee
Centre for Sustainable Delivery
Steven Chawk
Project Manager
National Green Theatres Programme, Centre for Sustainable Delivery

Lean Trays

Myself and the Lean Trays Project Manager Steven Chawk will be presenting our work on Lean Trays within the National Green Theatre Programme at the Centre for Sustainable Delivery. We will present the rationale for lean surgical trays and our progress on the Scotland wide project.

14:55

Presentation - Evaluation of the performance of test soils used to validate washer disinfector (Confirmed)

Dr. Sulisti Holmes
Head of Decontamination and Incident Investigation Reporting Centre
NHS Scotland Assure

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

Synopsis TBC

15:10

Q&A

Q&A

15:25

Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks

15:35

End of Day

End of Day

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