Technical Resource Center

Whether you are searching for basic information about 3-A Sanitary Standards and 3-A Accepted Practices or more in-depth knowledge on specific subjects, this is your place to start.

This Center contains several sections, including:

3-A Resource Papers
This section features authoritative papers on key subjects including the3-A Symbol program and hygienic design as it relates to the 3-A Sanitary Standards and 3-A Accepted Practices (APs). These papers are intended to supplement information found in various 3-A Sanitary Standards and 3-A Accepted Practices. Readers are encouraged to obtain complete copies of the current standards.

Resource Links
This section includes published articles/papers on subjects of interest relating to hygienic design in general or 3-A SSI and its standards and 3-A Accepted Practices. This also includes links to other useful technical resources on sanitary design.

Question and Answer Forum
You can use this section to post a question concerning 3-A SSI documents or design criteria. Your question will be posted (without your identity) with a response from 3-A SSI.

This Resource Center will constantly change and grow. We welcome your comments and suggestions on additional links that may benefit our visitors or ideas for other topics/issues we should add to our monographs.