European Medical Waste Conference
February 2 & 3, 2010, Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands
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Tuesday 2 February 2010

Plenary Programme, Language English

09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Mrs. Mardoeka van Brussel, European Institute for Medical Waste (The Netherlands)
09:15 – 09:45 Opening Lecture Dr. Philip Rushbrook, International Sustainable Waste Management, Visiting Professor University of Northampton (United Kingdom)
09:45 – 10:20 Reusable (sharps) bins vs. Disposable (sharps) bins Mr. Ed Krisiunas, Waste Not Want Not International (USA)
10:20 – 10:55 Waste Minimization & Recycling Mr. John Leigh, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (USA)
10:55 – 11:30 Coffee / tea break
11:30 – 12:05 Efficacy testing on Alternative Treatment Technologies Dr. Malcom Holliday, National Health Service (England)
12:05 – 13:15 Infection Prevention & Infection Control Mrs. Gertie van Knippenberg-Gordebeke, International Consultant Infection Prevention (The Netherlands)
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15 – 14.40 ADR Regulations on the transportation of medical waste (background)
Mrs. Julie Pompe, Société Nationale de Contrôle Technique (Luxembourg) (Luxembourg)
14.40 – 15.05 Incineration vs. Decontamination Mr. Pawel Gluzynski, Healthcare Without Harm (England)
15.05 – 15.30 Background SIGN (Safe Injection Global Network) and sharps waste management Dr Selma Khamassi, Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN), World Health Organization (Switzerland)
15:30 – 16:00 Update on H1N1 and the role of hand hygiene Mrs. Gertie van Knippenberg-Gordebeke, International Consultant Infection Prevention (The Netherlands)
16:00 -16:30 Coffee / tea break
16:30 – 17:30 Round Table Discussion: Introduction of new regulations: experiences and approaches Mr. Ed Krisiunas, Waste Not Want Not International (USA)
17:30 – 20:00 Network Reception

Wednesday 3 February 2010

08:45 – 09:00 Opening The importance of international cooperation Mr. Farzad Henareh, European Institute for Medical Waste (The Netherlands)

The Netherlands, Language Dutch

09:00 – 09:25 Transportation of medical waste on national roads Mr. Rene Lamphen, LAZAC (The Netherlands)
09:25 – 09:50 Introduction on the new medical waste policy (LAP 2) Mr. Joost Lommelaars, Senter Novem (Implementing policies for Healthcare Waste Management (The Netherlands)
09:50 – 10:15 Dutch international assistance in improving medical waste management, Georgia as a pilot. Drs. Rik Kleinjans, AMECO Environmental Services & Mr. Harry Wernert, University Medical Centre Utrecht
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee / Tea break
10:45 – 11:25 Care institutes and Environmental monitoring with the Envirometer Mr. Adriaan van Engelen, Environmental Platform Healthcare
11.25 – 12.00 Guideline decontamination equipment Mr. Arjan van Drongelen, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (The Netherlands)
12.00 – 12:30 Disposal of medical waste in 2010 Mr. Rene Lamphen, LAZAC (The Netherlands)

Belgium, Language French & Dutch

09:00 – 09:45 Cooperation between the three regions Mr. Aart Vandebroek, Abesco (Belgium)
09:45 – 10:15 Experiences from Hopital Erasme concerning Medical Waste Mr. Christian Woiche, Hopital Erasme (Bruxelles, Belgium)
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee / Tea break
10.45 – 11.30 Draft law decontamination of Medical Waste (Flemish Region) Mr. Nico Vanaken, Ministry Environment (Flemish Region, Belgium)
11:30 – 12.15 Management of solid and liquid medical/biological waste by Institute Pasteur Mrs. Nathalie Denoyés, Institute Pasteur (France)

France, Language French

09:00 – 09:35 Regulations concerning medical waste management Mr. Jean-Luc Richon, Ministry of Health (France)
09.35 – 10.15 Efficiency Control and approval of waste management systems Mr. Fabien Squinazi, Hygiene Laboratory of the City of Paris (France)
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee / Tea break
10:45 – 11:15 Management of solid and liquid medical/biological waste by Institute Pasteur Mrs. Nathalie Denoyés, Institute Pasteur (France)
11:15 – 11:50 Advanced Technologies medical waste treatment Mr. Jeff Squalli, Ecodas (France)
11.50 – 12.25 Experience from the Leon Berard Hospital on Medical Waste Management Mr. Francis Lopez, Leon Berard Hospital Lyon (France)

Germany, Language German

09:00 – 09:35 How to handle sharps Mrs. Tide Voigt, Charité Hospital Berlin (Germany)
09.35 – 10.15 Regulation on medical waste treatments Dr. Ute Piper, Etlog-Health (Germany)
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee / Tea break
10:45 – 11:15 Regulations on decontamination of infectious medical waste Dr. Martin Mielke, Robert Koch Institute (Germany)

United Kingdom

09:00 – 09:45 Updates on important legislation or better practise for medical wastes Mrs. Lorraine Holme, Department of Health (United Kingdom)
09.45 – 10.15 Handling issues and solutions for personnel in the clinical waste chain i.e. porters / waste carriers Dr. Anne Woolridge, University of Northampton (United Kingdom)
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee / Tea break
10:45 – 11:30 Seggregation practises at a large London based acute Trust Mrs. Tania Palk, Environmental Manager for King’s College London (United Kingdom)
11:30- 12:15 Medical waste: A regulatory perspective for auditing healthcare organisations. Mr. Mark Heggie, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (United Kingdom)

CONTINUATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME

12:15 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Up and coming approaches to minimize pollution Mr. Ed Krisiunas, Waste Not Want Not International
15:00 -15:30 Coffee / tea break
15:30 – 16:20 Round Table Discussion: HCWM in Southern-European Countries Mr. Fermin Retamero, Ambimed (Portugal)
16:20 – 17:20 Importance of International cooperation Mr. Ed Krisiunas & Mrs. Mardoeka van Brussel Waste Not Want Not International & European Institute for Medical Waste
Coffee/tea break

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