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AAMI, IAHCSMM Announce Cross-Member Collaboration on Hospital Sterilization Standards
December 5, 2006
Arlington, VA and Chicago, IL — The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) announced today a collaborative agreement that will give more health care professionals greater access to important hospital sterilization standards.
Through the agreement, IAHCSMM members will be able to receive the AAMI member discount price when purchasing AAMI hospital sterilization standards. The discount amounts to as much as $100 on key AAMI guidance.
The impetus of the collaboration was the recent release of ANSI/AAMI ST79, Comprehensive guide to steam sterility and sterility assurance in health care facilities, a groundbreaking set of guidelines for steam sterilization activities in healthcare facilities. “The new standard is a landmark guidance document for hospital sterile processing departments,” said IAHCSMM President Don Gordon. IAHCSMM representatives were part of the AAMI Steam Sterilization Working Group, which drafted the American National Standard. “It truly belongs in every hospital in the United States, and we are thankful to AAMI for helping make it—and AAMI’s entire group of hospital sterile processing standards and guidance documents—more accessible to healthcare organizations that, more and more, are faced with dwindling budgets and operating losses.”
IAHCSMM members who wish to take
advantage of the program
should contact AAMI’s Customer Service Center at 877-249-8226 or visit AAMI's
website at http://www.aami.org/publications/iahcsmm.html
Note: Offer expires January 31, 2007.
AAMI documents included in the program are:
- Sterilization in Health Care Facilities (2006-2007 edition), which includes 15 current AAMI standards and guidance documents (List price: $350; Discount price: $250)
- ST79 n Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities, 1st edition (List price: $200; Discount price: $100)
- ST40 n Table-top dry heat (heated air) sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities, 2nd edition (List price: $90; Discount price: $45)
- 14161 n Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Guidance for the selection, use, and interpretation of results, 2nd edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- 15882 n Chemical indicators — Guidance for the selection, use, and interpretation of results, 3rd edition (List price: $90; Discount price: $45)
- TIR31 n Process challenge devices/test packs for use in health care facilities, 1st edition (List price: $90; Discount price: $45)
- ST41 n Ethylene oxide sterilization in health care facilities: Safety and effectiveness, 3rd edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- ST35 n Safe handling and biological decontamination of reusable medical devices in health care facilities and in nonclinical settings, 3rd edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- ST58 n Chemical sterilization and high-level disinfection in health care facilities health care facilities, 2nd edition (List price: $120; Discount price: $60)
- ST81 n Information to be provided by the manufacturer for the processing of resterilizable medical devices, 1st edition (List price: $80; Discount price: $40)
- TIR12 n Designing, testing, and labeling reusable medical devices for reprocessing in health care facilities: A guide for device manufacturers, 2nd edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- TIR30 n A compendium of processes, materials, test methods, and acceptance criteria for cleaning reusable medical devices, 1st edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- ST65 n Processing of reusable surgical textiles for use in health care facilities, 1st edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- PB70 n Liquid barrier performance and classification of protective apparel and drapes in health care facilities, 1ed (List price: $90; Discount price: $45)
- TIR11 n Selection of surgical gowns and drapes in health care facilities, 2nd edition (List price: $95; Discount price: $50)
- TIR11139 n Sterilization of health care products — Vocabulary, 2nd edition (List price: $60; Discount price: $30)
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