[VicLogo.gif] Tom Mitchell [VicLogo.gif] Home Up Core Features Home Committee Education Networking Technical Our Sponsors Site Map Search Member Form Contact Us [BS00641_.gif] Tom Mitchell Webmaster - SRACA (Vic) My name is Tom Mitchell and I am the Webmaster for the Sterilizing Research Advisory Council of Australia (Vic Branch). My background is that I am a Registered Nurse. I have undertaken the SA Sterilizing Technology Course and the SA Infection Control Course. I am currently studying towards my MBA. I have a long Association with Sterilization stretching back to 1981. I have been in Charge of Sterilizing Departments in South Australia (Whyalla Hospital), Victoria (Goulburn Valley Base Hospital) and Queensland (Nambour General Hospital). I have had 12 years experience running CSSDs. My pet hate is ignorance of the need for practice to change, along with a reluctance to discuss change. We should always be ready to challenge and justify our practices. I have spoken at several State Sterilizing Conferences and at the 1998 Federal Conference in Perth. I was also fortunate enough to speak at the World Sterilizing Conference in Orlando in 1999. I currently work in Industry, supporting my colleagues in their aim for excellence in practice. I also have an incurable interest in Computers and the Internet. I have a vision of all Sterilizing knowledge being freely available to all sterilizing personnel.