The COA has recently issued a position statement on the  reuse of single-use devices.

We would like to thank all members who attended the recent Annual Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from July 7-9.  You may access the Abstracts Supplement by clicking here.

Please send a request to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   to get the meeting evaluation survey link to obtain your certificate of attendance.

Remember to mark your calendars for the 2012 COA/CORS and CORA meeting in Ottawa from June 8-10 (CORA on June 7), 2012.

"We in the Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA) agree with the Wait Time Alliance that alternate-level-of-care patients with chronic conditions that unfortunately remain in acute-care hospital beds are a very serious health-care issue", says Dr. Ross Leighton, president of the COA, "and we look forward to a national plan to tackle this complex problem so that acute-care beds can be most effectively used. However, from our perspective, there are some other issues that also urgently require attention."