central sterile supply department , CSSD (Abkürzung)
sterile processing department , SPD (Abkürzung)

Overseas membership is available if you are a qualified nurse working in a non-UK operating department, central sterile supply department, or a local equivalent.

On the floors above will be 10 state-of-the-art operating theatres; a further 12 intensive care beds; 18 coronary care beds and a central sterile supply department.

He established laboratories at Richmond and Kingston and the central sterile supplies department at Kingston Hospital.

The service also includes the Surgical Day Ward, also on level 4, the Endoscopy Unit, currently located above Outpatients, and the CSSD (Central Sterile Supply Department)

CSSD (Central Sterile Supplies Department) The system helps minimize hospital Infection by providing supplies of sterile instruments, linen packs, dressing and other sterile items used in patient care.

Nurse Manager, Mrs M Stainton, heads the Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) staff who are part of a team of health care workers supporting the delivery of clinical patient care at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.