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Absolute Water has been at the fore front of designing ultra- pure water systems that meet common sense long standing best practices and guidance from the FDA for years!
Absolute Water Technologies was also the first Ultra-Pure water treatment company to join the committee to draft AAMI/ANSI ST-108 Water for the Processing of Medical Devices and recruited both competitors and suppliers’ leadership from NuStream and AmeriWater to join!
We have installed, designed and or consulted on hundreds of properly designed and compliant critical rinse systems for medical device reprocessing. When it was just AAMI technical information report 34, we were preaching the importance of patient water safety and fighting against surgical site infections SSI’s.
Water systems looked like this when being serviced by some other large nationwide “industry leaders”. All the yellow was biofilm which includes endotoxin (dead bacteria) and live bacteria residing on instruments used for surgery on your loved ones! We are fighting to make sure your family and friends never have to be subjected to unsafe surgery!
Do not be fooled by “johnny come lately’s” joining the band wagon!
We built and helped create the awareness to start a bandwagon on the crusade for safer hospitals and safer surgeries.
We were the only company on the Standard committee to vote no! Our vote was not needed but a thorough review was completed, and many key areas were added for your safety!
Why? It was not ready to send out!
We are still leading! We were asked to Chair the subcommittee on the follow up to ST-108: AAMI TIR119/Ed.1, Guidance on Healthcare Implementation and Use of AAMI ST108.
What are keys to the Standard?
| Water Quality Measurement | Units | Utility Water | Critical Water | Steam* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH @ 25°C | pH | 6.5 – 9.5 | 5.0 – 7.5 | 5.0 – 9.2** |
| Total Alkalinity | Mg CaCO3/L | <400 | <8 | <8 |
| Bacteria | CFU/mL | <500*** | <10 | N/A |
| Endotoxin | EU/mL | N/A*** | <10 | N/A |
| Total Organic Carbon (TOC) | Mg/L (ppm) | N/A | <1.0 | N/A |
| Color and Turbidity | Visual | Colorless, clear, without sediment | Colorless, clear, without sediment | Colorless, clear, without sediment |
| Conductivity | us/cm(microsiemens) | <500 | <10 | <10 |
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