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Reprocessing Single Use Devices
Author(s) -
Sachs Marion
Publication year - 2002
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)61452-x
Subject(s) - paragraph , license , food and drug administration , medicine , medical education , psychology , political science , medical emergency , law
With the technology evolution, medical devices increasingly became more complex and difficult to clean and sterilise. In response, single-use medical devices were developed. Due to economic factors, hospitals and companies now practice the reprocessing of single-use medical devices. This raises important issues concerning patient safety, ethics, the environment and costs (Abreu I, Abreu M J, Coelho A, 2014).