OSET - International Organisation of Societies for Electrophysical Technology

OSET 2007 - Italy

OSET 2003 - Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands

Photographs of the Seventh OSET Congress in Holland

Alkmaar	Caroline Dunn - Poster Presentation	Karen Woolcock - General Meeting

Michael Pridgeon - Poster Presentation	Micromed, Caroline and Michael	Executive

ZZ Museum	Midge Clarke - General Meeting	ZZ Museum

UK delegates	UK delegates	UK delegates

OSET make available to it's daughter societies various guidelines with a view to promoting consistancy in electrophysiology across international boundaries. The introduction to these appear below, with the option of downloading the full versions in Adobe PDF format.
They can also be downloaded via the Resources page, for registered ANS members.

Introduction to Digital Monitoring

The innovation of using computer technology to record the EEG has brought diagnostic neurology to the edge of the 21st century. Digital EEG is providing the technologist and physician with greater flexibility in the recording and interpretation of the EEG, but it is also requiring us to become the student, once again, to understand computer science and its ever-advancing capabilities.

The following Guidelines are presented in a format that examines the essential characteristics of digital EEG systems and suggests minimal and, in some cases, optimal standards for their operation. Sections also follow that discuss training and experience for the technologist, advantages and cautions of digital systems, and questions that might be helpful to ask when considering the purchase of a new system. Due to the continuing change and rapid advancement of computers today, the technologist is encouraged to pursue many additional resources.

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Introduction to Infection Control Guidelines

All those in direct contact with patients have a responsibility in ensuring that transfer of infection is kept to a minimum. This includes patient-to-patient, patient-to-staff, and staff-to-patient transfer. The Guidelines are designed to assist neurophysiology staff in achieving that aim. The Guidelines include: general recommendations; standard precautions for routine procedures; additional recommendations for specific procedures or investigations on patients in high risk groups, i.e. Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and recommendations for use in the operating theatre environment.

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Introduction to Intra-operative Monitoring

EEG and evoked potential monitors can provide valuable information during intraoperative procedures that may compromise the neurological function of the anesthetized patient. The utility of the monitors ranges from reassuring that normal activity is consistent, to detecting reversible injury, and identifying specific neural structures.

The following OSET Guidelines for EEG and Evoked Potential Monitoring during Surgery have been established to provide internationally recognised procedural outlines. The Guidelines strive to provide a working foundation for the development of individual laboratory protocols while also respecting this evolving field.

As the field of intraoperative monitoring continues to develop and mature, more methods for monitoring sensory systems have been rapidly introduced. We have elected to include only the most routinely performed procedures in this presentation, those with protocols that have been researched and repeatedly performed. It is expected, however, that even these Guidelines will change over time.

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