Reuse of Single-Use Devices

FDA: reuse of single-use devices.

Additional news items in this issue: Eradication ofMRSA From a Health Center Ward and Nursing Home, page 334; Intra-abdominal VRE Infections: The New Threat, page 346; Serratia Outbreak From Contaminated Pressure-Monitoring Equipment, page 356; New Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals, page 362; CDC Issues Infection Control Guidelines for Hemodialysis Centers, page 369; Transmiss...

Reuse of single-use critical medical devices.

Requiem for reuse of single-use devices in US hospitals.

The subject of reusing single-use devices (SUDs) is one that has been discussed, debated, dissected, promoted, and damned seemingly forever. I have been attending conferences and professional and scientific meetings that discussed the pros and cons of reusing SUDs for more than 25 years and, until recently, it was the same story. Those who favored, and indeed practiced, reusing SUDs pointed out...

Requiem for reuse of single-use and reusable devices?

To the Editor: Dissemination of timely data to a hospital community can be a daunting task. Healthcare workers working various schedules across three shifts per day, 7 days per week; large numbers of part-time and outside agency staff; lack of mailboxes; and inability to schedule regular meetings create a challenge to providing up-to-date information. It is especially difficult in the operating...

AORN guidance statement: Reuse of single-use devices.

Today's economic environment has compelled health care organizations to explore methods to reduce health care costs. One prospective approach to controlling rising costs is to reprocess single-use medical devices. Reprocessing is rigorously regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). AORN, the Association of periOpera-tive Registered Nurses, recognizes the need for each health care ...