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AAMI ST108 Facilities playbook for managing SPD Critical Water risk and building toward proactive monitoring

A Facilities Playbook for AAMI ST108: Start With the System You Have

October 2, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

ANSI/AAMI ST108 has put a new level of attention on water used in medical device processing. But for many hospital Facilities leaders, the challenge is no longer understanding that water quality[…]

Healthcare team members stacking hands on a basketball court to symbolize shared accountability for SPD water management

Running The SPD Water Play: When Data, Accountability, and Risk Must Move Together

September 28, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

When everyone owns part of the problem, no one can afford to lose the whole picture Most hospital water problems do not belong to one department. Facilities may own the infrastructure. Sterile[…]

VERDA Water Quality Systems presenting Critical Water monitoring at AscendX 2026

When Water Quality Becomes an Operational Signal

September 23, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

What conversations at AscendX revealed about a missing link between Critical Water data and hospital operations Sometimes the strongest sign that an idea has landed comes after the presentation[…]

Facilities professional using a VERDA real-time SPD water monitoring dashboard to detect, interpret, escalate, and act on water quality changes

From Dashboard to Decision: How Facilities Should Use Real-Time SPD Water Data

September 21, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

A useful monitoring platform should do more than display numbers Facilities teams already have plenty of data. They rely on building automation systems, CMMS platforms, vendor portals, compliance[…]

ST108 readiness control knob showing four levels from minimal visibility to audit-ready

ST108 Readiness Is Not an On/Off Switch

September 17, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

Healthcare teams should think of readiness more like a control knob than a checkbox Compliance work often feels binary. You are compliant or you are not. You are ready or you are not. You pass or[…]

Jeffrey Paquet presenting on sterile processing water quality monitoring at AscendX 2026

The Missing Data Layer in Sterile Processing

September 16, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

What if one of the most important operational signals in Sterile Processing is also one of the least visible? Today, teams can track instruments, monitor sterilizer cycles, analyze workflow, and use[…]

Cowboy hat visible from a deep hole in a desert landscape, illustrating the need to stop repeating ineffective maintenance and address the real SPD water failure mode

What Reliability-Centered Maintenance Can Teach Us About SPD Water — Part 2

September 14, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

In Part 1, we looked at a basic reliability lesson: the place where a problem appears is not always the place where the problem begins. Once the real failure mode is identified, another question[…]

Cattle standing in a stream illustrating the upstream and downstream risks behind SPD water reliability

What Reliability-Centered Maintenance Can Teach Us About SPD Water — Part 1

September 8, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

The symptom is not always the failure Let me start with a familiar maintenance story. An SPD is having washer problems. Instruments are coming out with residue. Staff are frustrated. Maintenance[…]

VERDA Expands Clinical Services Expertise with Addition of Tia Johnson

September 2, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

SAINT JOHNSBURY, VT (9/2/2026) – Mmic™ Medical Systems and VERDA Water Quality Systems™ are pleased to welcome Tia Johnson to its Clinical Services team as Clinical Services Manager,[…]

VERDA graphic about SPD water testing and why a passing result does not always mean the water system is under control

Your SPD Water Test Passed. What Happens Tomorrow?

August 27, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

A passing water test is reassuring but it is also a snapshot. It tells you what the water looked like at one location when the sample was collected. However, it does not necessarily tell you what[…]

VERDA Water Quality Systems Welcomes Kelly Setzer as Business Development Manager

August 25, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

SAINT JOHNSBURY, VT (8/25/2026) – Mmic™ Medical Systems and VERDA Water Quality Systems™ are pleased to welcome Kelly Setzer as Business Development Manager. In this role, Kelly will help[…]

From Break/Fix to Predictive SPD Water Management

August 24, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

Healthcare Facilities teams are changing how they manage critical infrastructure. The traditional break/fix model is familiar. Something fails. A work order is created. A technician responds. Then[…]

Jeffrey Paquet and Kenneth Mayer representing VERDA at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo in Charlotte.

Come Join VERDA at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo

August 24, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

VERDA Water Quality Systems will exhibit at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium & Expo, September 28–30, 2026, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Jeffrey Paquet[…]

SPD professional and Facilities engineer holding different pieces of a water management puzzle

SPD Water Quality: Is It Really Just an SPD Problem?

August 22, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

Sterile Processing may be the first department to notice an SPD water quality issue. However, that does not mean SPD owns the entire problem. Yes, they may be the first to notice residue on[…]

VERDA Water Quality Systems team attending AscendX 2026 in Chicago

Why VERDA Is Joining the Conversation at AscendX 2026

August 21, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

VERDA Water Quality Systems will attend AscendX 2026, hosted by Ascendco Health, September 21–23 at the Swissôtel Chicago. The event brings together sterile processing, operating room,[…]

ERDA Water Quality Systems attending the SteelcoBelimed Education Summit at MUSC in Charleston on September 19, 2026

VERDA to Present at SteelcoBelimed’s “Precision in Cleanliness” Education Summit

August 19, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

VERDA Water Quality Systems is pleased to join SteelcoBelimed and MUSC Health for the Precision in Cleanliness: Mastering the Decontamination to Assembly Journey Education Summit on September 19,[…]

AAMI ST90 guidance for controlling recurring particulate problems on surgical instruments through quality management and corrective action

Finding the Defect Is Not the Same as Controlling the Process (3 of 3)

August 7, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

How AAMI ST90 helps hospitals prevent recurring particulate problems Finding a defect is important. However, finding the defect is not the same as controlling the process that created it. AAMI ST90[…]

Paul Epstein speaking at the 2026 ASHE conference beside a slide stating, “It may not be your fault. But it’s always your responsibility.”

SPD Water Quality for Hospital Facilities: A Shared Responsibility

August 6, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

Why solving water problems upstream can reduce failures, delays, and costs downstream At the 2026 ASHE Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference, keynote speaker Paul Epstein shared a message with[…]

Two sterile processing technicians reviewing a questionable Bowie-Dick test result near a steam sterilizer

Bowie-Dick Test Failure: When “Close Enough” Is Not a Pass

August 5, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

How a subtle failure pattern can become a serious sterilization risk The morning Bowie-Dick test looked almost normal. Most of the indicator had changed color as expected. Only a faint, lighter area[…]

SPD water quality and detergent shown beside surgical instruments with mineral spotting and residue

Is It a Detergent Problem—or a Water Problem?

August 1, 2026

By Kenneth Mayer

When instruments come out of the washer with spotting, film, staining, or visible residue, SPD teams often question the cleaning chemistry first. However, SPD water quality and detergent performance[…]