ORNAP Pampanga Chapter

Mr. Ramilito C. de Guzman, RN

Last November 14, 2008, in line with the programs of ORNAP Pampanga Chapter, a seminar was held in coordination with Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital and 3M Philippines, entitled; “Going Back To Basics Of Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization. It was a whole day of teaching, discussion, interaction and workshop with different participants who attended who attended the said event. The seminar aimed to provide sterilization professionals practical tips and updates on the recommended practices for cleaning, packaging, loading, disinfection, sterilization, monitoring and storage, which will be useful in improving their practices for ensuring patient safety. To fully disseminate this information, ORNAP Pampanga Chapter invited two important speakers to deliver new insights and advanced learning to professionals and students as well. Mr. Jun Barnes , a very well known specialists speaker  from 3M Philippines, spoke and tackled most about the technicalities of the cleaning, packaging, loading, disinfection, and sterilization including the facilitating of workshop per topic to the participants. And our second speaker, Mrs. Evelyn Gaffud, RN., also a specialist’s speaker from UP PGH, talked about Nursing Responsibilities and Issues in connection with the processes discussed.
It was a day of learning and interactions. There was an actual exchange of thoughts and views through open forum between the speakers and audience that made the seminar worth attending for.