{"id":262113,"date":"2022-07-18T14:47:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matachana.com\/?p=262113"},"modified":"2022-07-18T14:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:47:55","slug":"kaika-colombia-40-years-providing-sterilization-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matachana.com\/en\/kaika-colombia-40-years-providing-sterilization-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"KAIKA &#8211; COLOMBIA: 40 YEARS PROVIDING STERILIZATION SCIENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In 1982, KAIKA began distributing hospital sterilization equipment in Colombia, with the backing of the MATACHANA brand. Since then, KAIKA has established itself as a benchmark and leader in its sector, representing the emblem of quality, customer service and human care.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">To commemorate these 40 years of history, an online event was held on 16 June, during which the commercial ties and friendship between the two companies were demonstrated. Manuel Matachana, Vice President, David Delgado, former Sales Manager for LATAM (now retired) and Jose M\u00aa Pellicer, International Sales Director of the MATACHANA GROUP, shared their vision and experience since the beginning of the business relationship between the two companies. On the part of KAIKA, the person in charge of commemorating this anniversary was Humberto Dur\u00e1n, Director of the company and now retired, who was interviewed by his son, Javier Dur\u00e1n, current Director of the company.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">In parallel with the evolution of the hospital industry and the strengthening of commercial ties between the two firms, the Sterilization Sciences have also been transformed over the last 40 years and who better than Elena Lorenzo, Global Head of the MIEC Department, to explain this transition. In an engaging and emotive presentation that captivated the audience, it was demonstrated that training was, is and will continue to be a determining factor in converting the sterilization centrals into Medical Device Reprocessing Units, RUMED, ratifying their role as an essential Service in Health Care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matachana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG2_MATACHANA_KAIKA_COLOMBIA_40ANOS_2022.jpg\" alt=\"KAIKA - COLOMBIA: 40 A\u00d1OS CONTRIBUYENDO CON LAS CIENCIAS DE LA ESTERILIZACI\u00d3N\" width=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">During this virtual meeting and in favour of education on the reprocessing of medical devices and its good practices in Colombia, KAIKA, held an amazing contest, with a variety of prizes, among them, invitations to attend the 1er CONGRESO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE BUENAS PR\u00c1CTICAS EN REPROCESAMIENTO (1st National &#038; International Congress on good practices in reprocessing) as well as books on Sterilization of Medical Devices, by Engineer Jan Huys.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Congratulations KAIKA and as Humberto Duran expressed it, &#8220;May it be 40 years more&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In 1982, KAIKA began distributing hospital sterilization equipment in Colombia, with the backing of the MATACHANA brand. 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