AAMI-ST79 – The new 2010 Edition is available for preorder now

The AAMI recommended practice ST79, Comprehensive guide to steam sterilization and sterility assurance in health care facilities, is now approved in a new 2010 Edition and public distribution is pending.

The standard consolidates 5 previous AAMI steam sterilization standards, the AAMI ST33, AAMI ST35, AAMI ST37, AAMI ST42 and AAMI ST46.  It was the first AAMI standard to be released in a binder edition, since the material covered is extensive.  The binder format facilitates easy access to the various topics, like lowering and limiting bioburden before sterilization, properly preparing items for sterilization, selecting the appropriate sterilization parameters, and establishing and implementing controls to maintain the sterility of sterilized items until they are used.

Users of this standard will find guidance to promote assurance of sterility and to guide health care personnel in the proper use of processing equipment.  The document includes functional and physical design criteria for a number of sterilization processing areas  including decontamination, preparation, sterilization, and sterile storage areas.  There are sections to assist with staff qualifications, education and other personnel considerations.  Also covered are  processing procedures,  installation, care and maintenance of steam sterilizers, quality control and, of course, quality process improvement.

The new ANSI/AAMI-ST79:2010 replaces the previous 2006 Edition with both Amendments 1 and 2, which is no longer available.  Because the new ANSI/AAMI-ST79 was only recently approved (9/3/2010), there will be a delay until the new edition is available.  Normal lag time can be from 1 to 3 months for the formatting and publishing functions to take place and the standard to become publicly available.

To purchase your copy of ANSI/AAMI-ST79, use our website at www.document-center.com, or call us at 650-591-7600, fax 650-591-7617, or email to info@document-center.com.

Your order can be placed now and shipped as soon as it is released.