The scientific programme includes:
Epidemiology, disaster management Data collection, morbidity - mortality First aid, resuscitation Metabolism, nutrition Infection, immunology and bacteriology Intensive care: respiratory problems, multiple organ failure management Burn management in infants and children Burn wound: early excision, topical agents Skin substitutes: cultured epidermis, reconstituted dermis, homografts, xenografts, alloplastic material Special plastic problems: face, eyes, mouth, hands, feet, perineum, sexual organs Reconstructive surgery: late sequelae, transplants, flaps, microsurgery, expanders Burn nursing: physiotherapy, ergotherapy Psychotherapy Prostheses Poster presentations Video presentations

Symposia
Burn management past, present and future
Economics of burn care
Skin substitutes
Immunology
Disaster Management
Data collection

For further information please contact:
Mrs. Catherine Baer
Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive
CHUV
CH 10 11 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel-. (021) 3144656
Tx: 455012 - Fax: (021) 3143181

The Electro-Technical Council of Ireland in conjunction with The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) are organizing the World Congress on Health Technology Standards.
The purpose of the Congress is to bring together the developers and manufacturers of equipment and devices used in medicine, the users of such equipment and experts in the field of standards.
It is intended that a comprehensive review of "State of the Art" Technology will lead to a definition of present and future needs for standards. An update on risk management and the application of the latest developments in this field to the quality and safety of medical equipment will be included. The aspect of safety requirements versus performance will have to be discussed in order to indicate the content of future standards in the light of developing technology.
The Congress will discuss a wide spectrum of medical equipment and devices in a unique way to produce a solid foundation for the development of safer therapeutic and diagnostic technology for the coming decades.
Research, manufacture, installation and application of equipment used in health care, including medicine, surgery and dentistry will be highlighted as well as the areas of sterile single use products and devices used in specialist areas such as ophthalmic and dental. Developments in the fields of in vitro diagnostic and laboratory devices will also be covered.
Innovation, technology transfer and international cooperation in the Regional/European approach to the harmonization of legislation and standards, together with economic aspects and public procurement in the medical field will also be reviewed.

For further information and application form please contact:
The Electro- Technical Council of Ireland
I Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: (353-l-) 612591
Fax: (353-l-) 611730/682595

The scientific programme includes:
Monday 3rd December

• - Fluid therapy
• - Inhalation
• - Secondary acute phase
• - First aid and evacuation
• - Nursing care in the acute phase
• - Videos and free communications

Tuesday 4th December

• - Skin coverage
• - Plastic surgery and burn sequelae
• - Nursing problems during the hospitalization of the extensively burned patient
• - Prevention
• - Videos and free communications

Wednesday 5th December

• - Future prospect in burns
• - Assembly of the Spanish Burns Society
• - Assembly of the Andalusian Society of Restorative and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• - Free communications
• The social programme includes:

• - a.m. (Accompanying persons) - Visit to the Real Maestranza and Lunch
• - p.m. Dinner and Show

Real Venta Antequera

Wednesay 5th December

• - a.m. (Accompanying persons) - Visit to Expo '90
• - p.m. Dinner and Horse Show

For further information please contact:
Imagern Congresos
Avda Eduardo Dato, 54 2' B
41005 Seville (Spain)
Tel. 4644269 Fax 4658331

• OF THE AUTHORITIES
• OF THE SICILIAN REGION FOR 1991

By law n. 57 of June 14th 1983 the Sicilian Regional Assembly authorized the President of the Region to grant the "Giuseppe Whitaker Foundation", a non-profit-making organization under the patronage of the Accademia del Lincei, with seat in Palermo, an annual contribution for the establishment of a "G. Whitaker International Burns Prize" aimed at recognizing the activity of the most qualified experts from all countries in the field of burns pathology and treatment.
The amount of the prize is fixed at twenty million Italian lire.
The prize will be awarded every year by the month of June at the Palermo seat of the G. Whitaker Foundation.
The adjudicating committee is composed of the President of the Foundation, the President of the Sicilian Region, the Representative of the Accademia dei Lincei within the Foundation, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of Palermo University, the President of the Italian Society of Plastic Surgery, and a legal expert in the burns field nominated in agreement with the President of the Region as a guarantee of the respect for the scientific purpose which the legislators intended to achieve when establishing the prize.
Anyone who considers himself to be qualified to compete for the award may send by January 3 1 st 1991 his detailed curriculum vitae to: Dr. Michele Masellis M.D., Secretary-Member of the Scientific Committee G. Whitaker Foundation, Via Dante 167 - 90141 Palermo - Italy.

In the course of a meeting held on March 3^rd 1990 at the seat of the G. Whitaker Foundation, Palermo, after examining the scientific activity in the field of research, teaching, clinical organization, prevention and cooperation among the nations, presented by various candidates, in the light of the consideration guiding the analysis of the high level of the candidates, the Adjdicating Committee unanimously decided to award the prize for 1990 to:
Prof.' Simone Teich-Alasia, Professor Emeritus of Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy, Turin Traurnatologic Center, Italy.
The prize is awarded for this motivation:
For having indicated as long ago as the 1960s a rational method of assistance for the severely burned patient, creating the first burns centre in Italy with modern architectural and functional criteria.
He has dedicated himself to the study of numerous clinical and surgical aspects of the burn disease, publishing his acute observations in many papers and texts.
His commitment to the campaign for the prevention of fire accidents in the industrial sector has given a concrete contribution to the creation of an awareness of the problem of safety at work.
To crown his activity he has founded and now presides over the Italian Burns Study and Research Centre and the Piedmontese Foundation for Burns Research.

The scientific programme of the Congress will consist of plenary lectures, symposia and free papers highlighting the recent advances in Burns care and treatment with special relevance to the needs of third world countries.
Symposia are planned on:

1. Prevention
2. Burn Injuries in Developing Countries
3. Nursing
4. Wound Sepsis
5. Skin Substitutes
6. Multi-Organ Failure
7. Nutrition
8. Rehabilitation

Papers and presentations will be made on the following topics:

1. Epidemiology, Prevention, Public
2. Education, Mass Communication Data Collection, Morbidity, Mortality, Disaster Management
3. Metabolism, Nutrition, Biochemistry, Pharmacology
4. Infection, Immunology, Bacteriology, Topical Agents
5. First Aid, Resuscitation, Intensive Care
6. Burn wound, Early Excision, Skin Cover, Skin Substitutes, Skin Bank
7. Special Problems: Burns of Face, Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Hands, Respiratory, Children Psychology, Scars, Keloids, Electrical
8. Reconstructive Surgery, Late Sequelae, Complications, Rehabilitation
9. Burns in Developing Countries
10. Design of Burn Units, Economics of Burn Care
11. Bum Nursing, Education, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy

For further information contact:
Congress Secretariat
8th Int'l Congress on Burn Injuries
Post Box 190 1, GPO Bombay 400 001 India