Q. What publications do we have access to on AAMI?

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) provides sterilization standards, technical reports, and more.

We have access to 19 titles on the AAMI website: 

1. AAMI TIR11:2005(R2021) Selection and use of protective apparel and surgical drapes in health care facilities
2. AAMI TIR12:2020 Designing, testing, and labeling medical devices intended for processing by health care facilities: A guide for device manufacturers
3. AAMI TIR30:2011(R2016) A compendium of processes, materials, test methods, and acceptance criteria for cleaning reusable medical devices
4. AAMI TIR34:2014/(R2021) Water for the reprocessing of medical devices
5. AAMI TIR63:2014(R2023) Management of loaned critical and semi-critical medical devices that require sterilization or high-level disinfection
6. AAMI TIR67: 2018(2022) Promoting safe practices pertaining to the use of sterilant and disinfectant chemicals in health care facilities
7. AAMI TIR68:2018(R2022) Low and intermediate-level disinfection in healthcare settings for medical devices and patient care equipment and sterile processing environmental surfaces
8. AAMI TIR79:2018 ST79 Self-assessment for health care facilities
9. ANSI/AAMI/ISO 18472:2022 Sterilization of health care products—Biological and chemical indicators—Test equipment
10. ANSI/AAMI PB70:2022 Liquid barrier performance and classification of protective apparel and drapes intended for use in health care facilities
11. ANSI/AAMI ST40:2004(R2018) Table-top dry heat (heated air) sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities
12. ANSI/AAMI ST41:2008(R2018) Ethylene oxide sterilization in health care facilities: Safety and effectiveness
13. ANSI/AAMI ST58:2013(R2018) Chemical sterilization and high-level disinfection in health care facilities
14. ANSI/AAMI ST65:2008(R2018) Processing of reusable Surgical textiles for use in health care facilities
15. ANSI/AAMI ST79:2017 Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities
16. ANSI/AAMI ST79:2017 Amendments A1:2020 and A2:2020 and A3:2020 and A4:2020 Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities
17. ANSI/AAMI ST90:2017 Processing of health care products –Quality management systems for processing in health care facilities
18. ANSI/AAMI ST91:2021 Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities
19. ANSI/AAMI ST98:2022 Cleaning validation of health care products – Requirements for development and validation of a cleaning process for medical devices
20. ANSI/AAMI ST108:2023 Water for the processing of medical devices

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