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A Case for Outsourcing Medical Device Reprocessing
Author(s) -
Haley Deborah
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60821-1
Subject(s) - staffing , outsourcing , business , food and drug administration , medical device , quality assurance , investment (military) , operations management , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , risk analysis (engineering) , medicine , nursing , engineering , marketing , biomedical engineering , politics , political science , law , service (business) , philosophy , epistemology
• IN THE INTEREST OF SAVING MONEY, many hospitals are considering extending the life of some single‐use medical devices by using medical device reprocessing programs.• FACILITIES OFTEN LACK the resources required to meet the US Food and Drug Administration's tough quality assurance standards.• BY OUTSOURCING, hospitals can reap the benefits of medical device reprocessing without assuming additional staffing and compliance burdens.• OUTSOURCING enables hospitals to implement a medical device reprocessing program quickly, with no capital investment and minimal effort. AORN J 79 (April 2004) 806–808.