9:00am Networking Breakfast & Registration
9:30-9:40am Opening Remarks
Emer Sherry, Senior Executive, Irish Medtech Association
Suzanne Butler, Director of Sterility Assurance for EMEA, APAC & China, Medtronic
9:40-10:00am Standards / Regulatory Update
Suzanne Butler, Director of Sterility Assurance for EMEA, APAC & China, Medtronic
Margaret O’Halloran, Principal Scientist in MQSA, J&J
10:00-10:30am FDA – The Case for Quality
Aine Dooley, Quality Manager, Steris
10:30-10:45am
Anonymous Questions
Chaired by Margaret O’Halloran, J&J and Suzanne Butler, Medtronic
10:45-11:00am Networking Tea & Coffee
11:00-11:40am Endotoxin Failures
Gerry Kearns, Senior Principal Quality Engineer, Sterilisation and Microbiology, Medtronic
11:40-12:15pm NSAI Standards participation update
Linda Hendy, Standards Officer, healthcare and medical devices at NSAI
12:15-1:15pm Networking Lunch
1:15-1:45pm Validations/Validation of disinfectants
Joan O’Malley, CRL
1:45-2:15pm VHP
John O’Connell, Alcon
2:15-3:00pm Review of Anonymous Questions from Forum Members
Chaired by Margaret O’Halloran, J&J and Suzanne Butler, Medtronic
3:00-3:05pm Forum Close