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The delivery of a sterile, ready-to-use medical device is vital to delivering safe and effective patient care. Although conceptually a simple idea, the actual processes involved in delivering a sterile medical device to the sterile field involves a complex web of activities and stakeholders.

The AAMI Foundation has named the 2021 recipients of the Mary K. Logan Research Award Program. Two grants, totaling $80,000, were awarded to research initiatives that focus on improving patient outcomes by advancing the landscape of clinical alarms and enhancing radiation effects on breast cancer patients.

The AAMI Foundation has named the 2021 recipients of the Mary K. Logan Research Award Program. Two grants, totaling $80,000, were awarded to research initiatives that focus on improving patient outcomes by advancing the landscape of clinical alarms and enhancing radiation effects on breast cancer patients.

Earlier this year, AAMI attended the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s annual symposium. Here is just a sample of new developments in the clinical setting that have our attention.

The recent AAMI exchange REWIRED online event featured several expert discussions about techniques and technologies that could impact the future of the clinical setting.

The AAMI Foundation’s new Kilmer Fund has awarded its first research grant to a team that will seek to reduce the need for stability testing of common sterile barrier material systems.