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President's Report

To say that it has been a trying spring would be an understatement for sure. Many of us are being redeployed to various pandemic services, and some part timers are probably wondering where the part is in part time. Our thoughts are with you. The board has been moving on with business, and you will start seeing the fruits of our labours.

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MDRAO Announcements

COVID-19 Temporary Pandemic Pay

On April 25, 2020 the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, announced the pandemic wage hike of $4.00 per hour for a list of workers in the Health Care settings. Sterilization and Reprocessing staff were originally not on this list.

On May 29, 2020 sterilization and reprocessing staff were announced as eligible for the temporary pandemic pay during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

We are pleased to announce that Sterile processing or MDRD has made the Ontario Pandemic pay eligibility list. Thank you all for sending our letter off to your Members of Parliament and unions.

To review the letters sent out by MDRAO please follow the link provided below.

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Articles Related to Sterilization and Decontamination

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MDRTs Coping During Pandemic

As a frontline worker you are highly exposed to viruses and other infectious diseases daily. We ask for you to share your journey throught this global pandemic

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Director Reports

Director of Finance Report May 2020

Although the present pandemic has curtailed some board activities such as conferences and face to face meetings, we still have to pay our management company, textbook printer and other vendors. We are still in a good financial position, aiming to end the year in the black.

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Education Report

This year has certainly been a very busy one as far as education goes!

Due to unpredictable difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the provincial board voted to give the students who were registered in the last MDRAO MDR Techniques Online Course a one-month extension to finish their course and write their exam.

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Virtual Education Webinars

Cantel has partnered with SGNA and will be conducting four live webinars this fiscal year. The third webinar titled “The Chemistry of Cleaning” will take place on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 11:00am-12:00pm CDT.

This webinar welcomes SGNA members and nonmembers to attend (SGNA membership is not required). There is no cost for this webinar, however, participants are required to pre-register.The webinar will be recorded and available on Educational Dimensions for CE credits.

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Surgical Products Specialties and Healthmark Industries Co Webinars

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Chapter Reports

Lambda Chapter Report May 2020

I ended my last newsletter report in February: 2020 promises to be an interesting year for Lambda; big plans, big hopes & long drives. Well it sure isn’t turning out that way. The pandemic caused the April Lambda meeting to be cancelled because my hospital turned all the OTN rooms into patient rooms.

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Sigma Chapter Report

Hello Sigma!

As we wrap up the fourth quarter of our year end, I am so honoured to pass over our chapter to Stacey Marshall. Stacey is a knowledgeable, inspiring woman who gives me no doubt in her ability to successfully lead and assist each and everyone of you. Not only is Stacey more than qualified for this position as your president, she also has an incredible newly elected team standing beside her. All positions within our chapter have been filled with new executive members.

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Delta Chapter Report

Greetings from the Delta Chapter

These are unprecedented times. Like so many other things, this pandemic has affected the activities of the Delta Chapter. We had to abandon all of our meetings. The nominations closed but elections have been delayed and will be held as soon as possible. Whenever possible, given the circumstance the newly acclaimed executive will meet. We will do our part to ensure that everyone is safe. Thank you for all of your hard work on the front lines during this pandemic. The extent of the effects of the pandemic have highlighted the importance of our association in setting standards for the highest level of need for products and procedures in our field.

Stay Safe.

Octavio Carvalho
Delta Chapter President

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ETA Chapter Report

Hope everyone is staying well during this difficult time.

I would like to take this moment to thank each and every one in helping the healthcare community able to do what is needed to help our patients get better during this difficult times and the great work in helping to contain the spread of Covid 19.

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Gamma Chapter Report

Hello from Gamma

These past few months have been very stressful for the MDRTs in our region! The regular workload has decreased a lot, and many of our casual employees have been redeployed in other departments. Some of us temporarily went to help the housekeeping department in keeping our hospitals clean. Others were assigned special projects like decontaminating N95 masks, cleaning and disinfecting face shields, filling Purell bottles, filling accel wipes containers, and disinfecting stretchers.

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Theta Chapter Report

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