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 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.

-- 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 CBSPD’s certifications: CSIP, CASSPT, CSPDS and CSPDT. In addition, she has served on the CBSPD’s 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. Cindy’s 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.