May 10 (Friday), 2013 

WSBA East Cascades Chapter Meeting! 

Sacred Heart Medical Center

Join us as we hold our May WSBA Meeting at

Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane

Summary Details

LOCATION:  Sacred Heart Med Center, Heart Institute, 2nd Floor, Classrooms A&B,

122 W.7th Ave, Spokane

DIRECTIONS:   https://maps.google.com/?q=101+West+8th+Ave.,+Spokane,+WA+99204

PARKING: http://washington.providence.org/hospitals/sacred-heart-medical-center-and-childrens-hospital/for-patients-and-visitors/facility-and-visitor-information/directions-and-parking/parking/

TIME:  11:00am to 2:30 pm

 Meeting Agenda

11:00 – 11:15 :  Welcome & Intro’s

11:15 – 12:00:  Hospital Acquired Infections (Roy Alameida) (PSHMC Epidemiologist)

 12:00 – 12:30:  Lunch 

12:30 – 13:15:  Guidelines for staff and their equipment to prevent contamination of patient environments.  (Karen Stewart, RN)  

13:15 – 13:25:  Break 

13:25 – 14:30  Demonstration of new Fluke test equipment (Mick Daly, Inter-Mountain Medical)

 * Latest safety analyzer technology
* New ventilator-gas flow analyzer

Lunch graciously hosted by:

Inter-mountain Medical - Thank-you Mick Daly!

Door Prizes at the end of the meeting! 

You Must RSVP !

 Please RSVP to Jim Kenyon, CBET, via email, james.kenyon@providence.org no later than

Friday, May 7

April WSBA Members Meeting

Wednesday, April 17

Evergreen Hospital

12040 NE 128 Street

Kirkland, WA 

(Tan Room 100)

5:30pm

Our Presenter this evening:

Level 3 Audio Video  

Agenda

Our presentation is going to be focused on the past, current, and future

of OR Integration and high definition video distribution. 

We will  discuss the kind of technologies that BioMeds will need to be aware  when converting to a new video  distribution medium

such as IP based transports, Video over Cat5, and current Analog signals.  

March Monthly WSBA Meeting

March 27 (Wednesday)

5:30 PM 

Childrens Hospital, Seattle 

4800 Sand Point Way NE

Wright Auditorium 

Agenda

Stryker Corporation will present Studio 3 and Connect Suite.  New and exciting technology that connects Surgeons and OR’s over an IP video platform.  The first of its kind in the country at a number of Seattle area hospitals.

Don’t miss this interesting glimps into the future!

Light Dinner will be provided.

February 27th Monthly Meeting 

Children’s Hospital Seattle 

 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle

Wright Auditorium 

5:30 PM

 Agenda: 

”Improving Costs. Improving Quality. Improving Patient Experience”

By Welch Allyn (Patient Monitoring)

Add September 21st to your calendar. 

The WSBA Annual Symposium coming

AND

it is FREE to WSBA Members!  

If you are not a member of the WSBA please consider joining the largest BioMed Association in Washington State!

You can sign up here at: http://www.bmet.org/membership/

Happy New Year !

The WSBA has many exciting events planned for 2013 !

Monthly educational meetings and then in September we are planning our Annual Symposium.  Keep checking our calendar page on this site.  The schedule is already filling up.

Stay tuned for lots of activities!

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