 | International / Worldwide |
| Commercial / WFHSS Industrial Partners |
• | ASP - Advanced Sterilization Products |
• | Aesculap AG |
• | Ahlstrom |
• | ALVI srl |
• | Amcor Flexibles SPS |
• | Anios |
• | Arjowiggins Healthcare |
• | ASANUS Medizintechnik GmbH |
• | Aygün Surgical Instruments Co., Inc. |
• | BAG Health Care GmbH |
• | BANDELIN electronic |
• | Belimed |
• | Belintra |
• | BHT Disinfection Technology - Division of SciCan GmbH |
• | Borer Chemie AG |
• | BROWNE - Albert Browne Ltd |
• | Bureau Veritas Group |
• | CBM srl. Medical Equipment |
• | Cisa s.r.l. |
• | Chemische Fabrik DR. WEIGERT |
• | ebro Electronic |
• | Ecolab |
• | Ellab A/S |
• | FAMOS BV |
• | Famos Medizintechnik |
• | Franke Medical Oy |
• | Gandus Saldatrici Srl |
• | Getinge Infection Control AB |
• | gke-GmbH |
• | HAWO GmbH |
• | HEART Consultancy |
• | Humanmeditek Co.,Ltd. |
• | ICOS Impianti Group S.p.A. |
• | Interster International |
• | Kimberly-Clark Health Care |
• | Laoken Technology Co., Ltd |
• | Matachana |
• | Medisafe International |
• | Miele & Cie. KG |
• | MMM Münchener Medizin Mechanik GmbH |
• | Mölnlycke Health Care |
• | OPHARDT HYGIENE-TECHNIK GmbH + Co. KG |
• | Pereg GmbH |
• | Pharmalabel BV |
• | PMS Medikal |
• | RENOSEM |
• | Sanamij B.V. |
• | Schülke & Mayr GmbH |
• | SIGMA Medical Supplies Corp. |
• | Sonomic® - Disinfecting and Cleaning of medical instruments |
• | SP Medikal San Ltd |
• | Stericool™ |
• | STERIS |
• | STERISHEET - Arjowiggins Healthcare |
• | Synergy Health |
• | TRANS Medikal |
• | TERRAGENE S.A. |
• | Ultrawave Ltd |
• | VP Group |
• | Warwick Sasco Ltd |
• | Wipak Medical |
• | 3M Health Care |
• | 4A Medical Industry |
| International / General |
• | allnurses.com |
• | Diana Bijl Consultancy - Advisor Sterile Medical Devices |
• | H-LINK - Healthcare Logistics International NetworK |
• | ICCAID - International Congress of Central Asia Infectious Diseases |
• | ICCCS - International Confederation of Contamination Control Societies |
• | ICN - International Council of Nurses |
• | ICT - Infection Control Today |
• | IFIC - Internation Federation of Infection Control |
• | IMIA - International Medical Informatics Association |
• | ICAN - Infection Control Africa Network |
• | ISO - International Organization for Standardization |
• | mad-cow.org - The Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page |
• | Medical Device Technology |
• | Nurse CEU.Com |
• | PAHO - Pan American Health Organization |
• | SOLAES - Sociedad Latinoamericana de Esterilización |
• | WHO - World Health Organization |
 | Europe |
• | europa - The European Union Online |
• | europa - The European Commission - Medical Devices |
• | CEN - Comitée Européen De Normalisation European Committee for Standardization |
• | CEN - Comitée Européen De Normalisation European Committee for Standardization - CEN National Members |
• | CEN - Comitée Européen De Normalisation European Committee for Standardization - CEN Affiliates |
• | CEN - Comitée Européen De Normalisation European Committee for Standardization CEN/TC 102 Work Programme: Sterilizers for medical purposes |
• | CEN - Comitée Européen De Normalisation European Committee for Standardization CEN/TC 204 Work Programme: Sterilization of medical devices |
• | Ecolab Europe |
• | EHTO - European Health Telematics Observatory |
• | ENDA - European Nurse Directors Association |
• | EORNA - European Operating Room Nurses Association |
• | EurActiv |
• | Eurosurveillance |
• | WENR - Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers |
 | Austria |
• | Ecolab Austria |
• | Institut für angewandte Hygiene, Graz |
• | Klinisches Institut für Hygiene der Universität Wien |
• | ÖGSV - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Sterilgutversorgung |
• | ON-NORM - Österreichisches Normungsinstitut |
 | Belgium |
• | ASTER - Association Francophone de Sterilisation asbl |
• | Belintra |
• | BETE - Beke Environmental Technologies |
• | Ecolab Belgium |
• | Kimberly-Clark Health Care |
• | UZ Gent - Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent |
• | V.S.Z - Vereniging Sterilisatie in het Ziekenhuis |
 | Croatia |
• | Ecolab Croatia |
• | HUMS-te - Croatian Association for Hospital Sterile Supply - Hrvatska Udruga Medicinske Sterilizacije |
 | Czech Republic |
• | CSS - Czech Society for Sterilization - Česká společnost pro sterilizaci |
• | Ecolab Czech Republic |
• | SZU - National Institute of Public Health - Státní zdravotní ústav |
 | Denmark |
• | DKSC - Den Danske Klub for Centralsterilisering og Sygehushygiejne |
• | Ecolab Denmark |
• | Ellab A/S |
 | Finland |
• | Ahlstrom |
• | Ecolab Finland |
• | Franke Medical Oy |
• | FSHIC-EM - Finnish Society for Hospital Infection Control - Equipment Maintenance Section |
• | OPH - Finnish National Board of Education |
• | SH Team |
• | SSHY - Finnish Society for Hospital Infection Control - Suomen Sairaalahygieniayhdistys ry - Föreningen för Sjukhushygien i Finland rf |
• | VALVIRA - National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health |
• | Wipak Medical |
 | France |
• | AFS - Association Française de Stérilisation |
• | Amcor Flexibles SPS |
• | Anios |
• | ANSM - Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé |
• | Arjowiggins Healthcare |
• | Bureau Veritas Group |
• | CEFH - Centre d'Etudes et de Formation Hospitalières |
• | Ecolab France |
• | Hygienosia |
• | Stérilisation Hopital |
• | STERISHEET - Arjowiggins Healthcare |
 | Germany |
• | Aesculap AG |
• | ASANUS Medizintechnik GmbH |
• | AKI - Arbeitskreis Instrumentenaufbereitung |
• | BAG Health Care GmbH |
• | BANDELIN electronic GmbH & Co. KG |
• | BHT Hygienetechnik - Division of SciCan GmbH |
• | BMG - Bundesministerium für Gesundheit |
• | Chemische Fabrik DR. WEIGERT (GmbH & Co.) |
• | DGHM - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie e.V. |
• | DGKH - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene e.V. |
• | DGSV - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sterilgutversorgung e.V. |
• | ebro Electronic |
• | Ecolab Deutschland |
• | Famos Medizintechnik |
• | gke-GmbH |
• | HAWO GmbH |
• | Miele & Cie. KG |
• | MMM Münchener Medizin Mechanik GmbH |
• | OPHARDT HYGIENE-TECHNIK GmbH + Co. KG |
• | Pereg GmbH |
• | RKI - Robert Koch Institut, Berlin |
• | Schülke & Mayr GmbH |
• | Sonomic® - Disinfecting and Cleaning of medical instruments |
• | VAAM - Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie |
• | VP Group |
 | Greece |
• | GORNA - Greek Operating Room Nurses Association |
 | Hungary |
• | HuDiS - Hungarian Disinfectology Association |
 | Ireland |
• | DOH - Department of Health and Children |
• | Ecolab Ireland |
• | HSE - Health Service Executive |
• | IDI - Irish Decontamination Institute |
• | NSAI - National Standards Authority of Ireland |
 | Italy |
• | AIOS - Associazione Italiana Operatori addetti alla Sterilizzazione |
• | ALVI srl |
• | CBM srl. Medical Equipment |
• | Cisa s.r.l. |
• | Ecolab Italy |
• | Gandus Saldatrici Srl |
• | ICOS Impianti Group S.p.A. |
• | International Steel Co. SPA |
 | Latvia |
• | IKSA - Infection Control and Sterilization Association |
 | Lithuania |
• | CSSA - Lithuanian Sterilisation Specialists and Sterile Supply Association |
• | Meditalika |
 | Macedonia |
• | DSAM - Disinfection and Sterilization Association of Macedonia |
 | Malta |
• | SAM - Sterilization Association of Malta |
 | Netherlands |
• | Diana Bijl Consultancy - Adviseur Steriele Medische Hulpmiddelen |
• | SVN - Sterilisatie Vereniging Nederland - Sterilization Association of The Netherlands |
• | vDSMH - Vereniging van Deskundigen Steriele Medische Hulpmiddelen |
• | Ecolab Netherlands |
• | Famos bv |
• | HEART Consultancy |
• | Interster International |
• | Pharmalabel BV |
• | Sanamij B.V. |
• | VHIG - Vereniging voor Hygiëne & Infectiepreventie in de Gezondheidszorg Dutch Society of Infection Prevention and Control in the Health Care Setting |
• | WIP - Werkgroep Infectie Preventie |
 | Norway |
• | Ecolab Norway |
• | NFS - Norsk Farmaceutisk Selskap |
• | NfS - Norsk Forening for Sterilforsyning |
 | Poland |
• | Ecolab Poland |
• | PSMSDD - Polish Society for Medical Sterilization and Disinfection Development |
 | Portugal |
• | ANES - Associação Nacional de Esterilização Portuguese Association for Sterilization |
• | Ecolab Portugal |
 | Russia |
• | RNA - Russian Nurses Association |
• | SRDI - Scientific Research Disinfectology Institute |
 | Serbia |
• | SUSID - Serbian Association of Sterilization and Disinfection - Srpsko Udruženje Sterilizacije i Dezinfekcije |
 | Slovakia |
• | Ecolab Slovakia |
• | SPNN - Slovak Society for Nosocomial Infections Prevention - Spoločnosť prevencie nozokomiálnych nákaz |
 | Slovenia |
• | Ecolab Slovenia |
• | ZZNS - Zbornica Zdravstvene Nege Slovenije Nurses Association of Slovenia - Sterilisation Section |
 | Spain |
• | AAES - Asociación de Auxiliares de Esterilización Sanitaria |
• | CEDEST - Club Español de Esterilización |
• | Ecolab Spain |
• | Matachana |
 | Sweden |
• | Getinge Infection Control AB |
• | Ecolab Sweden |
• | Mölnlycke Health Care |
• | SFSS - Svensk Förening för Sterilisering och Sjukhushygien |
• | SFVH - Svensk F�rening f�r V�rdhygien Swedish Association for Infection Control |
• | VEDAS - Vocational Education for Disinfection and Sterilization |
 | Switzerland |
• | BAG - Schweizerisches Bundesamt für Gesundheit |
• | Belimed |
• | Borer Chemie AG |
• | Ecolab Switzerland |
• | SGSV - Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Sterilgutversorgung SSSH - Société Suisse de Sterilisation Hospitalière SSSO - Società Svizzera di Sterilizzazione Ospedaliera |
• | SNV - Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung |
• | Swissmedic - Swiss Agency for therapeutic products |
• | SWISS-NOSO Nosocomial infection and hospital hygiene: actual aspects Infections nosocomiales et hygiène hospitalière: aspects actuels Nosokomiale Infektionen und Spitalhygiene: aktuelle Aspekte Infezioni nosocomiali e igiene ospedaliera: aspetti attuali |
 | Turkey |
• | Aygün Surgical Instruments Co., Inc. |
• | DAS - Disinfection Antisepsis & Sterilization Association |
• | Ecolab Turkey |
• | MSÜD - Central Sterilization Units Society of Turkey |
• | PMS Medikal |
• | SP Medikal San Ltd |
• | Stericool™ |
• | TRANS Medikal |
• | 4A Medical Industry |
 | Ukraine |
• | UASD - Ukrainian Association of Sterilization and Disinfection |
 | United Kingdom |
• | AfPP - Association for Perioperative Practice |
• | BROWNE - Albert Browne Ltd |
• | CSC - Central Sterilising Club |
• | DOH - Department of Health |
• | Ecolab United Kingdom |
• | Healthcare A2Z |
• | HIS - Hospital Infection Society |
• | ICNA - Infection Control Nurses Association |
• | IDSc - Institute of Decontamination Sciences |
• | Medisafe International |
• | MHRA - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency |
• | NHS Estates |
• | NICE - National Institute for Clinical Excellence |
• | PHLS - Public Health Laboratory Service |
• | STERIS Limited |
• | Sterile Services |
• | Synergy Health |
• | Ultrawave Ltd |
• | University of Edinburgh - The UK Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit |
• | Warwick Sasco Ltd |
• | 3M Health Care |
 | Argentina |
• | AATAE - Argentina Association of Technicians and Assistants in Sterilization |
• | FUDESA - Foundation for the Development of Sterilization in Argentina |
• | TERRAGENE S.A. |
• | Programa Nacional de Epidemiología y Control de Infecciones Hospitalarias de Argentina Programa Nacional de Vigilancia de Infecciones Hospitalarias de Argentina (VIHDA) |
 | Australia |
• | AICA - Australian Infection Control Association Inc |
• | FSRACA - Federation of Sterilisation Research Advisory Council of Australia |
• | OTEN - Open Training and Education Network |
• | SRACA - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia |
• | SRACA New South Wales - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia / New South Wales |
• | SRACA Queensland - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia / Queensland |
• | SRACA South Australia - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia / South Australia |
• | SRACA Tasmania - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia / Tasmania |
• | SRACA Victoria - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia / Victoria |
• | SRACA Western Australia - Sterilizing Research and Advisory Council of Australia / Western Australia |
 | Brazil |
• | OBEUNE - Organização Brasileira de Enfermeiros em Unidades de Esterilização |
• | SOBECC - Sociedade Brasileira de Enfermeiros de Centro Cirúrgico |
 | Canada |
• | AGS - Association des gestionnaires en stérilisation du Québec |
• | CCOHS - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety |
• | CSAO - Central Service Association of Ontario |
• | IMIA - International Medical Informatics Association |
 | Chile |
• | EPE - Enfermeras Pabellon y Esterilización |
• | SPEDCH - Sociedad de Profesionales en Esterilización de Chile |
 | China |
• | Laoken Technology Co., Ltd |
 | Colombia |
• | ACPCE - Asociación Colombiana de Profesionales de Centrales de Esterilización |
 | Ecuador |
• | APEIQ - Asociación de Profesionales de Esterilización e Instrumentación Quirúrgica |
 | Gabon |
• | SGS - Société Gabonaise de Stérilisation |
 | Hong Kong |
• | HKICNA - Hong Kong Infection Control Nurses Association |
• | HKSSMA - Hong Kong Sterile Services Management Association |
 | India |
• | CSSD CONNECT - Central Sterile Supply Department - An information portal dedicated to CSSD personnel for knowledge sharing |
• | HSSSI - Hospital Sterile Service Society of India |
• | ICSSA - Indian Central Sterile Services Association |
 | Indonesia |
• | PERSISI - Perhimpunan Sterilisasi Sentral Indonesia |
 | Iran |
• | BFJ - Behbod Faraz Jam |
 | Israel |
• | ISA - Israel Sterilization Association |
 | Japan |
• | JSMI - Japanese Society of Medical Instrumentation |
• | SCSTS - Studies in Central Supply and Techniques of Sterilization |
 | Kuwait |
• | ICD - Infection Control Directorate |
 | Malaysia |
• | MSSA - Malaysian Sterile Service Association |
 | Mexico |
• | AMPE - Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales en Esterilización |
 | Morocco |
• | SMS - Société Marocaine de Stérilisation |
 | New Zealand |
• | NZSSA - New Zealand Sterile Services Association |
 | Oman |
• | SAO - Sterilization Association of Oman |
 | Pakistan |
• | PSSA - Pakistan Sterile Services Association |
 | Peru |
• | SOCIENEE - Sociedad Científica de Enfermeras Especialistas en Esterilización |
 | Saudi Arabia |
• | SFHSS - Saudi Forum for Hospital Sterilization Services |
 | South Africa |
• | CFSA - CSSD Forums of South Africa |
• | ICAN - Infection Prevention & Control Africa Network |
 | South Korea |
• | Humanmeditek Co.,Ltd. |
• | KACSDN - Korea Association of Central Supply Department Nurses |
• | RENOSEM |
 | Taiwan |
• | SIGMA Medical Supplies Corp. |
• | TAHMSS - Taiwanese Association for Hospital and Medical Sterile Supply |
 | Thailand |
• | CSSA - Central Sterilizing Services Association of Thailand |
 | United Arab Emirates |
• | T3 - Ta3qym mean sterilization |
 | United States of America |
• | AAMI - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
• | AHA - American Hospital Association |
• | AORN - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses |
• | APIC - Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. |
• | ASHE - American Society for Healthcare Engineering |
• | ASHES - American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services |
• | AST - Association of Surgical Technologists |
• | CBSPD - The Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. |
• | CFACSP - Central Florida Association of Central Service Personnel |
• | CSSA - California Central Service Association |
• | disinfectionandsterilization.org - Disinfection and Sterilization |
• | EOSA - Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Association |
• | Health Forum |
• | IAHCSMM - International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management |
• | JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
• | Kimberly-Clark Health Care |
• | Medisafe America |
• | MAHCSP - Missouri Association for Healthcare Central Service Personnel |
• | MHA - Michigan Health & Hospital Association |
• | MHAnet - Missouri Hospital Association |
• | MSHCSP - Michigan Society for Healthare Central Service Professionals |
• | NASP - North American Sterilization and Packaging Company |
• | NCAHCSP - North Carolina Association of Hospital Central Service Professionals |
• | Nursing Center |
• | NYSACSP - New York State Association of Central Service Professionals |
• | SHEA - Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America |
• | STERIS Corporation |
• | VACS - Virginia Association of Central Services |
| Government Organisations |
• | AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
• | CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
• | EPA - Environmental Protection Agency |
• | FDA - United States Food & Drug Administration |
• | DHHS - United States Department of Health and Human Services |
• | NIH - National Institutes of Health |
• | NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
• | NLM - United States National Library of Medicine |
• | NSC - National Safety Council |
• | OSHA - United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration |
| Standardisation |
• | ANSI - American National Standards Institute |
 | Uruguay |
• | A.EST.U - Asociación de Esterilización del Uruguay |