The committees listed below are seeking new members in the indicated stakeholder interest category to participate in the development of their documents. Definitions of the various stakeholder groups are:

User

An individual or organizational representative, who purchases, utilizes or receives the materials, products, systems, or services covered in the scope of technical documents developed by AAMI in the delivery of healthcare; individuals in this interest category include clinicians, employees or representatives of Healthcare Delivery Organizations, clinical consultants, patients, etc

Industry

An individual or organizational representative involved in the commercial production, promotion, sale, use or distribution of materials, products, systems, or services covered in the scope of technical documents developed by AAMI; this interest category includes manufacturers, those involved in supply chains, employees of test labs or commercial labs, industry consultants, etc.

Regulatory

An individual or organizational representative involved in the regulation of the materials, products, systems, or services covered in the scope of the technical documents developed by AAMI; this interest category includes those representing federal, state, local, foreign, or other government entities

General interest

An individual or organizational representative with a general material interest in the materials, products, systems, or services covered in the scope of the technical documents developed by AAMI and who does not fit into any of the preceding categories; this interest category can include noncommercial academicians, noncommercial researchers, patient or consumer advocates, representatives of accrediting organizations, representatives of other organizations, etc.

Please contact the staff person indicated for more information on how to join.

• AAMI CN, Small bore connectors. The committee is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the development of AAMI/ISO 80369-1/Ed.3, Small-bore connectors for liquids and gases in healthcare applications – Part 1: General requirements;  AAMI/ISO 80369-2/Ed.1, Small-bore connectors for liquids and gases in healthcare applications – Part 2: Connectors for respiratory applications; and AAMI/ISO 80369-20/Ed.2, Small-bore connectors for liquids and gases in healthcare applications – Part 20: Common test methods. Contact: Colleen Elliott
• AAMI CN-WG01, Luer activated valves. The committee is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the development of AAMI CN27, General requirements for Luer activated valves (LAVs) incorporated into medical devices for intravascular applications. Contact: Colleen Elliott
• AAMI EQ, Medical equipment management. The committee is seeking industry, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the development of AAMI EQ110/Ed.1, Guidance for health care technology management education programs. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG06, Chemical indicators. The working group is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the reaffirmations of the national adoptions of several parts of the ISO 11140 series. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG12, Instructions for reusable device reprocessing. The working group is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the national adoptions of the ISO 17664 series. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG13, Washer-disinfectors. The working group is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the reaffirmations of AAMI ST15883-2 and AAMI ST15883-3. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG42, Dry heat sterilization. The working group is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participation in the reaffirmation of AAMI/ISO 20857, Sterilization of health care products — Dry heat — Requirements for the development, validation, and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG43, Hospital steam sterilizers. The working group is seeking user, regulatory and general interest members to participate in the reaffirmation of AAMI ST55, Table-top steam sterilizers and the revision of AAMI ST8, Hospital steam sterilizers. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG84, Endoscope reprocessing. The working group is seeking regulatory and general interest members to participate in the development of AAMI ST91/Ed.2, Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities and AAMI TIR99/Ed.1, Dilators, transesophageal and ultrasound probes processing in health care facilities. Contact: Amanda Benedict
• AAMI ST-WG 91, Resistometers. The working group is seeking user, industry, and regulatory/general interest stakeholders to participate in the US adoption of ISO 18472:2018, Sterilization of health care equipment – Biological and chemical indicators – Test equipment. Contact: Cliff Bernier
• AAMI TIB, Transfusion, infusion and injection, and blood processing equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use. The committee and its affiliated working groups are seeking user, industry, and general interest/regulator members to participate in developing the US position towards documents under development in ISO/TC 76, Transfusion, infusion and injection, and blood processing equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use, and other projects. Contact: Sam Alameda
• AAMI/CV, Cardiac valves. The committee is seeking user, industry, and general interest/regulator members to participate in the US adoption of ISO 5840-1:202x, Cardiovascular implants — Cardiac valve prostheses — Part 1: General requirements; ISO 5840-2:202x,  Cardiovascular implants — Cardiac valve prostheses — Part 2: Surgically implanted heart valve substitutes; ISO 5840-3:202x,  Cardiovascular implants — Cardiac valve prostheses — Part 3: Heart valve substitutes implanted by transcatheter techniques; and the revision of ISO 5910:2018, Cardiovascular implants and extracorporeal systems — Cardiac valve repair devices. Contact: Cliff Bernier
• AAMI/VP, Vascular Prostheses. The committee is seeking user, industry, and general interest/regulator members to participate in the US adoption of ISO 25539-2:2020, Cardiovascular implants — Endovascular devices — Part 2: Vascular stents; the revision of ISO 25539-3, Cardiovascular implants — Endovascular devices — Part 3: Vena cava filters; and the development of ISO 25539-4, Cardiovascular implants — Endovascular devices — Part 4: Application of ISO 17327-1 for coated endovascular devices. Contact: Cliff Bernier
• AAMI/BG, Blood/Gas Exchange Device. The committee is seeking user, industry, and general interest/regulator members to participate in the development of the following Cardiovascular implants and artificial organs documents: ISO 18193, Cannulae for extracorporeal circulation; Amendment 1 to ISO 18242:2016 Centrifugal blood pumps for pulsatile pumps; and revision of ISO 7199, Blood-gas exchangers. Contact: Cliff Bernier
• AAMI/VP-WG 01, Vascular Device-Drug Combination Products. The committee is seeking user, industry, and general interest/regulator members to participate in the revision of ISO 12417-1:2015, Cardiovascular implants and extracorporeal systems — Vascular device-drug combination products — Part 1: General requirements  and the revision of ISO/TR 12417-2:2017, Cardiovascular implants and extracorporeal systems — Vascular device-drug combination products — Part 2: Local regulatory information. Contact: Cliff Bernier
• AAMI/RD, Renal Disease and Detoxification. The committee is seeking industry, user, and general interest/regulator members to participate in the revision of the ISO 23500:2019 , Preparation and quality management of fluids for haemodialysis and related therapies series standards: Part 1: General requirements; Part 2: Water treatment equipment for haemodialysis applications and related therapies; Part 3, Water for haemodialysis and related therapies; Part 4:  Concentrates for haemodialysis and related therapies; Part 5, Quality of dialysis fluids for haemodialysis and related therapies; and the revision of the ISO 8637, Extracorporeal systems for blood purification series standards: Part 1, Haemodialysers, haemodiafilters, haemofilters, and haemoconcentrators, Part 2: Extracorporeal blood circuit for haemodialysers, haemodiafilters, and haemofilters; and Part 3, Plasmafilters. Contact: Cliff Bernier
• AAMI/HIT-WG02, Health IT Quality Systems Working Group. The working group is seeking industry, user, general interest, and regulatory members to participate in the development of AAMI HIT1000-2/Ed., Health IT software and systems — Part 2: Application of quality systems principles and practices. Contact: AAMI Standards
• AAMI AI, Artificial Intelligence. The committee is seeking industry, user, general interest, and regulatory members to participate in the development of AAMI TIR 34971, Guidance on the Application of ISO 14971 to Artificial and Machine Learning. Contact: AAMI Standards
• AAMI/SM-WG05, Medical Device Security Working Group. The group is seeking general interest, regulatory/government, and users. The committee is developing a new American national standard, AAMI SW96, Standard for medical device security — Security risk management for device manufacturers. Contact: Ovidiu Munteanu
• AAMI/EV-WG05, Hospital Beds Working Group. The group is seeking industry, user, general interest, and regulatory members to participate in the development of IEC 80601-2-52 ED1: Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-52: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of medical beds, and IEC 80601-2-89 ED1: Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-89: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of medical beds for children. Contact: Ladan Bulookbashi