Provisional Agenda

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Health Canada Stakeholders Conference on the Reprocessing of Single Use Medical Devices

Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD)

Thursday, June 9, 2005

Centennial Ballroom Travelodge Hotel, 1376 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
Tel: 613.722.7600

Purpose

• To present the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) - Reprocessing of Medical Devices (RMD) on reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices (SUDs)
• To present and obtain comments on Health Canada's Issue Analysis Summary on the Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices
• To hear the views of stakeholders on the issue of Single-Use Medical Devices (SUDs)

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08:00 - 09:00		Registration and Refreshments
		INTRODUCTION
09:00 - 09:30		Words of Welcome and Setting the Context	Omer Boudreau, Director General TPD or Roland Rotter, Director Medical Devices Bureau, Health Canada
		Review of the Agenda and Introductions	Raymonde D'Amour Consultant Praxis
		REPROCESSING OF SINGE USE MEDICAL DEVICES
09:30 - 09:50		Current Health Canada regulatory requirements & Qs / As	Philip Neufeld Medical Devices Bureau, Health Canada
09:50 - 10:10		Current reuse practices in Canada & Qs / As	Denise Désautels Canadian Health Association (CHA)
10:10 - 10:30		MEDEC's position on reuse of single use devices & Qs / As	Stephen Dibert President of MEDEC
10:30 - 10:45		Break
10:45 - 11:05		Use of Standards for medical device reprocessing activities & Qs / As	Mike Dodd Canadian Standards Association
11:05 - 11:25		Role and recommendation of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Reprocessing of Medical Devices (SAP-RMD) & Qs / As	Michelle Alfa - SAP-RMD
11:25 - 11:45		The international context, issues regarding reprocessing of SUDs and presentation of Health Canada's Issue Analysis Summary & Qs / As	Theresa Burke Policy Bureau, Health Canada
11:45 - 12:00		Preparation for the afternoon program	Raymonde D'Amour, Consultant Praxis
12:00 - 13:00		Lunch (served on site)
13:00 - 14:15		Table-group discussions on the proposed risk management options	All
14:15 - 14:30		Break
14:30 - 15:15		Table-group discussion on the proposed risk management options (cont'd)	All
15:15 - 16:15		Plenary presentation by table-groups	Table-group Rapporteurs
		CLOSING
16:15 - 16:30		Next Steps, Closing Remarks, Meeting Evaluation	Theresa Burke, Roland Rotter, MDB or DG - TPD Raymonde D'Amour, Consultant Praxis
16:30		Meeting Adjourned