The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is the world s leading organization for advancing the development, and safe and effective use of medical technology. Founded in 1967, AAMI members are a diverse group of key decision makers in the medical technology profession clinical engineers, biomedical equipment technicians, manufacturers, sterile processing professionals, researchers, quality assurance and regulatory affairs experts, and other healthcare technology management professionals.

More than 6,500 individuals and 433 corporations or institutions are members of AAMI.

Focus

Committees of manufacturers, healthcare professionals, regulators, scientists, academics, and other interested parties research and develop new or revise existing recommended practices and standards that address the use, care, and processing of performance requirements to be met by medical devices and technology.

Although AAMI is a voluntary organization, its recommended practices and standards are considered to be a major resource of healthcare guidelines, and noncompliance with these standards is cited by regulatory organizations that inspect healthcare facilities.

Events Held by AAMI

AAMI Annual Conference & Expo - http://www.aami.org/ac/

AAMI Standards Week - http://www.aami.org/meetings/standardsweek/

AAMI/FDA International Conference on Medical Device Standards and Regulation - http://www.aami.org/meetings/isc/

External links

AAMI Official Website (http://www.aami.org)

CE-IT Community (http://www.ceitcollaboration.org)

AAMI Foundation (http://www.aami.org/foundation)

Healthcare Technology Safety Institute (http://www.aami.org/infusions)