ST108: So What’s Next? How AAMI TIR119 Will Help Hospitals Overcome the Real-World Challenges of ST108 Implementation

Len Sparks is a seasoned Technical Leader with experience in multiple industries including Healthcare.  His more than 30 years in product development has afforded him with enhanced abilities to provide insight into technical and process problems large and small.  As project manager on the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, Len led a team of engineers and manufacturing personnel that developed a modular hospital on a cargo jet that would serve as a teaching hospital.  During that project, Len and his team tackled the problem of providing a complaint water purification system for Sterile Processing anywhere in the world.  In 2019, Len led the VERDA team that developed the first AAMI TIR34 compliant water treatment system in a mobile sterile processing platform, which included a comprehensive remote monitoring system.   Len is an AAMI committee member that wrote the ANSI/AAMI ST108:2023 standard, “Water for the processing of medical devices” and is helping author the follow-up AAMI TIR guideline on how to implement ST108 and develop a water management program for Sterile Processing departments.  Mr. Sparks currently serves as the Director of Operations for VERDA where he and his team provide turnkey Water Quality Management Services at multiple hospitals throughout the United States.  Len has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.  

Renee brings over a decade of clinical sales and commercial leadership experience in the sterile processing and medical device industry, with a proven track record at large organizations such as STERIS and Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP). She is now leading the Clinical Services division at MMIC/VERDA Water Quality Systems.

Renee is known for her passion and energetic ability to partner closely with healthcare executives to improve operational efficiencies within the Peri-Op services, develop innovative solutions, and align clinical needs with strategic business growth.