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Management requirments plays an essential role in ANSI/AAMI ST108 Water Quality Various types of water are used throughout the process, each serving a specific purpose and adhering to strict quality standards to maintain the integrity of medical devices and ensure patient safety.

Creating a multidisciplinary water quality management team is the first crucial step in implementing the ANSI/AAMI ST108 standard for maintaining high standards in medical device processing.

Water is essential in healthcare settings, not just for basic hygiene but also for complex medical procedures and device processing. Recognizing its critical role, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has introduced ST108. This standard evolves from its predecessor, AAMI TIR34. This new standard marks a significant advancement in defining water quality parameters, underscoring the integral link between water quality and patient safety.

AAMI ST108 is an American National Standard that provides guidance on the quality of water used in the processing of reusable medical devices. It was published in 2023 and supersedes the previous standard, AAMI TIR34.

Patient health doesn’t solely rely on the outcome of a surgical procedure, but also upon the sterile water treatment, cleanliness of the operating room and instruments used. Water quality could be the single most important factor for proper sterilization of surgical instruments. Learn more in our article.

AAMI ST108 for sterilization provides a water quality standard for medical devices. Water quality is an important consideration in all stages of medical device reprocessing and the equipment used to do so. Adequate water quality is a team effort between both the personnel who reprocess medical devices and the personnel who establish and maintain the water treatment system.