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AAMI is proud to recognize deserving individuals with AAMI Awards for their dedication and hard work on U.S. national and international standards development.

Do you know the true cost of sterile processing-related OR events? According to Gregg Agoston, vice president of SpecialtyCare’s Surgical Services Division, that cost averages an eye-popping $6,000 every time a sterile surgical package has a missing or broken component, or a patient develops an infection from a contaminated instrument used in the operating room (OR).

Research has shown that washing donned medical gloves with liquid cleaning solutions before removal can reduce the risk of health care workers contracting their patients’ infectious disease, especially during lengthy shifts or public health emergencies.

A pair of researchers from the School of Nursing at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte have noted that sterile processing departments studied in Brazil continue to take grave risks in their use of brushes when cleaning flexible endoscopes. 

Struggling to make sense of the world’s varied guidance on postapproval changes for microbiologically controlled products? The Kilmer Regulatory Innovation Team has sought to address this and more in a special review article published in BI&T, the journal of health technology and sterilization, published by AAMI.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has released a revised American National Standard containing new and crucial information for the manufacturers and users of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the health care space.