Madison (Wis.) Surgery Center’s strong commitment to being eco-friendly spurred the surgery center to begin using single-use device reprocessing, which also accrued substantial cost savings for the ...
Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, discusses what ASCs must do to meet AAAHC standards if they reprocess single-use devices and equipment. Dr. Jack ...
Late last month, FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH; Rockville, MD) issued updated guidance on the reprocessing of single-use devices (SUDs). Under the new guidelines, reprocessors ...
The lifespan of medical devices is growing longer as more and more hospitals are turning to device reprocessing to cut costs, reduce waste and maximize potential use of these items. Millions of single ...
In 2000, when FDA led the U.S. to become the first country in the world to regulate the use of reprocessed single-use devices, the agency responded to concerns from manufacturers and physicians that ...
Congress's investigative arm said yesterday that it will investigate the safety of using reconditioned medical devices designated for one-time use and the government's oversight of the practice. In a ...
Every healthcare facility faces the same challenge: to reduce costs without sacrificing the delivery of quality care. As a result of dwindling healthcare reimbursements, and increased awareness of ...
FORT LIBERTY, NC-- Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) received the prestigious Stryker Sustainability Solutions Environmental Excellence Platinum Award for its outstanding efforts in reprocessing ...
Of the literature cited by reprocessors to support SUD reuse, few documents, if any, provide indisputable evidence of the safety of reprocessing. David N. Cowan, Stephen O. Cunnion, and Tina M. Swift ...
BRIDGEPORT — A North Central West Virginia hospital has been recognized for its process of cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing its reusable medical devices. Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions ...
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Why India must end the reuse of single-use medical devices
India, Jan. 27 -- When news broke from Satna in Madhya Pradesh that several children had tested HIV positive after blood ...
WASHINGTON & BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Association of Medical Device Reprocessors issued the following statement: Friday’s unanimous verdict by a federal jury in Santa Ana, California for Innovative ...
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