Important
CBSPD Announcements
--
May 2008 New Certified Members Posted --
July
2, 2008 - 10pm Eastern
The complete
list of all the new members who passed the May 2008 certification exams
are posted HERE.
--
CBSPD Receives New NCCA Accreditation! --
June
23, 2008 - 930pm Eastern
The CBSPD is proud to announce that it has once again received
accreditation for its Technician, Supervisor, and Manager certifications
from the NCCA (National Commission for Certifying Agencies).
See our official press
release.
Please
note, our surgical processor and ambulatory surgery certifications are
pending approval at this time. We fully expect those certifications to
be accredited as well.
-- New Salary Survey --
June
20, 2008 - 1230am Eastern
Please
take the time to take our latest Salary Survey by clicking HERE.
The survey will be up until late September. We will post the survey in
our summer newsletter as well. The results will be posted online and in
the winter edition of our newsletter.
--
Open Board Positions --
June
16, 2008 - 1015pm Eastern
We
are accepting nominations for our open Ambulatory surgery and GI scope
positions. Please include a name and some information about the person
and send it to cbspd@att.net
or mailbox@sterileprocessing.org.
We will be putting the nominees on the official ballot in our summer newsletter
for the vote. Please note, the person who serves must be working in that
position...(i.e. if you are nominated for the ambulatory surgery position
you must be working in a surgery center, etc.)
-- May 2008 Exam Results Update --
June
1, 2008 - 930pm Eastern
The
final exam results for the May 2008 exams were all mailed out Friday-May
30.
Please allow 3-7 business days for your results to arrive by mail.
We will not release any results over the phone as per company policy.
The passing members that usually gets posted to the web afterwards will
be delayed for a bit as we await the international candidates exams to be
scored. They are still being done on paper
and pencil. We will have updates on this when they become available.
--
August 2008 Applications Posted --
May
20, 2008 - 1015 pm Eastern
All
of the applications for the August 2008 certification exams are now posted
on the downloads page under the Candidate Bulletins/Applications section.
-- May Exam Score Explanation & Re-certs Posted --
May
11, 2008 - 1155 pm Eastern
Please
note, the passing score posted on the computer exams was incorrect. The
80% shown on your screen was not correct. The actual passing scaled score
is 70 for our exams (as noted in your candidate bulletin). We are sorry
for any confusion. This was just a typo on the screen and your exam was
not graded incorrectly.
The October 2007 newly re-certified members are now posted here.
--
New Office Policy --
April
25, 2008 - 1145 pm Eastern
Please
note, the CBSPD, Inc. NO LONGER will
accept purchase orders of any kind. All payments for orders must
be made in advance with a credit card, bank or facility check.
--
February 2008 New Certified Members Posted --
April
22, 2008 - 530 pm Eastern
The
list of passing candidates for the February 2008 certification exams is
now available to view at this page (http://www.sterileprocessing.org/new_members.htm).
-- New Technician Board Member Announced --
March
20, 2008 - 420 pm Eastern
We
are please to announce the newly elected Technician representative to
the CBSPD Board of Directors:
Cindy
Buell of Aloha, Oregon
Please
join us in congratulating Cindy and welcoming her to the Board!
Here is a
review of Cindy's Info...
Cindy is
from Oregon and has been employed at Providence St. Vincent Hospital for
19 years in SPD. She currently holds four of the CBSPDs certifications:
CSIP, CASSPT, CSPDS and CSPDT. In addition, she has served on the CBSPDs
Ambulatory Surgery Technician Cut Score Workshop and the Item Review Committee
since 2005.
Cindy graduated from Portland Community College with 3 dental assistant
certifications: Certified Dental Assistant- General Chair side and Radiation
Health and Safety; Certificate of Radiological Proficiency; and Certified
Expanded Function Dental Assistant.
She describes herself as an organized, flexible person who is a
team player. She has conducted departmental in-services and trained
and given competencies for new employees in Sterilization and other areas.
This makes her a very vital resource within the department. Cindys
Manager, Lisa Murphy feels she is a great candidate for the Technician
Board representative position.
The CBSPD
wants to thank EVERYONE for their time in the voting process!
-- Exam Results Already Mailed Out --
March
8, 2008 - 11 pm Eastern
The
results for the most recent certification exams have been mailed out over
a week ago. You should have your results by now. If not, please contact
the office by phone or email. If you changed your address since you sent
in your application, please let the office know. We may have to send results
to you again.
We are still grading the international exams (which are still done in
paper/pencil). Once we have them graded, we will be able to post all the
passing candidates on our downloads page. Please be patient. We hope to
have this done soon.
Please do not call the office for results over the phone. Local policy
states we cannot give results over the phone.
-- May 2008 Candidate Bulletins with Applications now Posted & Exam
Results --
February
22, 2008 - 12 am Eastern
The
new bulletins with applications are now posted on the downloads page under
the "candidate bulletins section".
We will be starting to work on mailing out the final results for the last
certification exams. Stay tuned for updates. Please, no calls asking for
results. We are not permitted to give results over the phone. You will
get them thru the mail.
-- News on Ethylene Oxide from the EPA --
January
16, 2008 - 230 pm Eastern
There
is a new amendment from the EPA on Ethylene Oxide.
Click HERE
to download it.
-- January Newsletter Now Online --
January
6, 2008 - 215 pm Eastern
The
January 2008 edition of the Criterion newsletter is now available on the
downloads page under the newsletters section.
The hard copies are being printed now and should be in the mail within
the next 1-2 weeks.
-- Press Release / Final Exam Passers to be posted --
September
19, 2007 - 4 pm Eastern
Please
see our latest press release on the IAHCSMM/ASHCSP merger here.
We will be posting the final list with stats for the August certification
exams on the downloads page. Expect the final list (that now includes our
international passers) to be posted by later tonight.
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