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Challenges in providing sterile medical devices with limited resources

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Meeting Room 1.63 - 1.64
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Overview

Speaker: Ms Xana Jardine


Speaker

Miss Susanne (Xana) Jardine
CFSA / SafMed

Challenges in providing sterile medical devices with limited resources

Biography

Xana Jardine is a clinical specialist in Decontamination. She holds a Nursing Master’s degree from the University of Witwatersrand. She completed the IDSc Technical Certificate in Decontamination in 2017. Before joining SafMed she held the position of Theatre Unit Manager for 10 years. Xana has presented at a variety of congress in her speciality areas, Operating Room Sciences, and the Decontamination of Medical Devices. Xana is the current chairperson of the CFSA (CSSD forums of South Africa). Xana represents the CFSA at the WFHSS (World Federation for Hospital Sterilization Services), at the South African Bureau of Standards Technical Committee TC 1039 Medical Devices and Sterilization of Healthcare Products and at the International Organization for Standards ISO TC 198 WGs 5,7,8,12 and 13. Xana is a member of the CSC (Central Sterilization Club) in the UK.
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