Institute of Decontamination Sciences

With over 25 years of decontamination experience in both the public and private sectors, Stuart has managed 24/7 365 days SSD processing in excess of 5m instruments plus flexible endoscopes in both the UK and overseas. Stuart has been credited to have successfully established & managed new, recovering failing and established Sterile Services. Stuart has managed Reprocessing, Biocompatibility plus Decontamination for CMR Surgical where he utilised his experience and expertise to contribute to the company’s medical device manufacturing, ensuring its products can be safely and easily reprocessed. Stuart is currently Decontamination Lead for ESNEFT Book here: 18th IDSc Annual Conference 2024 » IDSC (idsc-uk.co.uk)

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Rob is Group Decontamination lead for Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, IDSc Midlands Branch Chairman & IDSc Director of Communications & Marketing. Rob has worked in the decontamination industry for over 15 years starting as a production manager for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, before progressing to Sterile Services manager and decontamination lead for Salisbury. Backed by a decade and a half of experience Rob will be presenting on:  “Current gaps in testing for flexible endoscope decontamination, the inadequacy of sampling and test methods for biofilm, the risk of biofilm and the risk of biofilm accumulation in flexible endoscopes and what can or should we do to prevent this.” Book onto the conference at https://lnkd.in/e9tqQNNh.

A date for the diary! IDSc would like to remind everyone that International Sterile Processing Week is nearly here! We are pleased to announce that our North West and East Anglia Branches are involved in this important awareness raising work. To find out more contact branch secretaries: North West - Anthony.caseberry@alderhey.nhs.uk East Anglian - gavinluck@hotmail.co.uk

Jack Walters is a subject matter expert in medical device regulations and quality management systems as well as packaging, decontamination, cleanroom and sterilisation technologies in addition to having a broad range of experience in the design, manufacture and regulatory approval of many medical device types. Jack will be presenting the findings of an independent systematic review of published scientific literature and adverse event databases into the question of the risks and benefits of using pre-sterile single use implants, versus reusable implants in caddies on surgical instrument trays.

A date for the diary! IDSc would like to wish all those taking the up and coming Level 3 Technical Certificate exam Good Luck! Don’t forget to check in with your mentor’s if you have any questions in the build up to this big day. Is Chartered Status on the horizon for You? Contact membership@idsc.co.uk if you would like to discuss your next steps. 

With a decade and a half of experience in leadership roles Gary has had a varied career in commercial and operational positions where his expertise in the areas of growth acceleration and transformation has helped many people and organisations. Gary is passionate about the adoption of ethical, sustainable and digital business practices in health, and is presenting: “KPI’s Standards Within The Industry and Evidence On Benchmarking”

On behalf of the IDSc we are very sad to hear the of the passing of Wayne Spencer. Wayne was a welcome supporter of the IDSc. Wayne's passion for the Decontamination industry was key to development of improving standards within the Decontamination Health care community. Wayne has held senior roles in the Department of Health and then went on to run his own successful Authorised Engineer in Decontamination service. Thank you, Wayne, for all your support and knowledge you will be greatly missed! Our deepest condolence goes to Paula and family at this difficult time. 

The IDSc Midlands Branch having another outing for their branch meeting and AGM. The branch had the usual topical debate, however this was another hybrid meeting with members being in person and via web link. This meeting also started the new annual tradition of recognising members long term service by awarding certificates of recognition to 3 branch members for their 30, 20 and 10 year IDSc service. This time they were hosted by Getinge at the new Derby HQ. Getinge demonstrated their new factory with in house decontamination chemical manufacturing and presented their new product the Poladus low temp steriliser.

Speaker confirmed for the IDSc 2024 Annual Conference!!! Dr. Andrew Sibley Evaluation Programme Manager in the Insight team at Health Innovation Wessex. Andrew works on a range of national and local evaluations and provides mixed methods and implementation science expertise to the Insight team. Andrew is presenting on "How do we conduct real-world evaluations of new technologies and innovations within healthcare?" To find out more book your place using the link below; https://lnkd.in/e9tqQNNh