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Nancy Chobin: Understand the Difference between Certification and Competency

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 7, 2016
  • Patient Safety

As the former executive director of the Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, Inc. (1988-2014), I had the opportunity to learn a great deal about certification and its impact on the safety of patients. […]

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William Hyman: The FDA Again Addresses Material Specifications

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on February 18, 2016February 18, 2016
  • Medical Device Industry

In what may be a trend, the FDA has again addressed material specifications, this time in a draft guidance document titled Characterization of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) Used in Orthopedic Devices. As with previous […]

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Donna Swenson: At the Intersection of Science and Perception

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 22, 2015April 22, 2015
  • Patient Safety

Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to represent AAMI at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting on personal protective equipment (PPE) for use in treating the Ebola virus. Though I’m not an expert in […]

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Mary Logan: We Need Science, not Scapegoats, in Sterility Assurance Debate

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on March 24, 2015November 2, 2018
  • Medical Device Industry

“How clean is clean enough?” has resurfaced as a pressing question in medical device reprocessing because of national media coverage of superbug outbreaks involving contaminated duodenoscopes. While the intense media interest is new, the issue […]

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Michele DeMeo: Why Professional Conferences Matter

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on May 8, 2014November 2, 2018
  • Sterilization

As a former manager for a sterile processing unit and a private consultant, I have had the unique privilege of having both presented and attended sessions at various conferences over the years. Professional conferences have […]

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Jeanine Beisel: Going Behind the Scenes in a Modern Hospital

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on November 25, 2013November 25, 2013
  • Healthcare IT

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a tour of the University of Maryland Medical Center. The tour was organized by AAMI member Inhel Rekik, senior clinical engineer at that facility, and Cliff Bernier, […]

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Susan Gillespie: A ‘Must-Read’ on Reprocessing

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on September 19, 2012
  • Sterilization

It has been nearly a year since the AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit, and several new AAMI work items that came out of the summit are under way: A small group has been working hard […]

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Michele DeMeo: A Challenge to Sterile Processing Managers

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on July 20, 2012
  • Sterilization

CJD: Have you challenged your policy and procedure? Yes, we have. The occurrence of prion or transmissible spongiform encephalopathy contamination, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), is a once in a lifetime event — if it occurs […]

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Mary Logan: How You Can Improve Reprocessing

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on April 27, 2012November 2, 2018
  • Sterilization

What’s your role with the management of scopes? At a minimum, you are probably following The Joint Commission’s request that you inventory them. Attendees at last October’s AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit contributed tips and […]

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Martha Young: Follow Recommended Practices With Steam Sterilization

  • by AAMI
  • Posted on March 15, 2012March 22, 2012
  • Sterilization

Not too long ago, I had discussions with operating room nurses, infection preventionists, and sterile process personnel who say their management does not think their institutions needs to follow the recommended practice in ANSI/AAMI ST79:2010 […]

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