Reuse Of Disposable Medical Devices In Canadian Hospitals

Reuse of disposable medical devices in Canadian hospitals

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3674536/

It was found that 41% of hospitals regularly reused disposable medical devices, and reuse was significantly higher in hospitals with more than 200 beds. Only 38% of hospitals that regularly reused had written procedures for reuse, and 32% indicated a mechanism for …

Why hospitals are beginning to reuse or recycle oxygen masks, …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/reuse-recycling-hospitals-ppe-1.5936823

Reuse of disposable medical devices in Canadian hospitals

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0196655387900952

Disposable devices most commonly reused by those hospitals classified as regular reusers were the respiratory therapy items (see Table 5). Anesthesia breathing …

Reprocessing and Reuse of Single-Use Medical …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/abs/reprocessing-and-reuse-of-singleuse-medical-devices-a-national-survey-of-canadian-acutecare-hospitals/54491126EB6213E1D9913209039CE2C9

A national survey investigated the current practices of reprocessing and reusing single-use medical devices in Canadian acute-care hospitals. Our response rate …

Reuse of single use medical devices in Canada: clinical …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18828937/

Legal and ethical issues were reviewed, drawing on material relevant to Canada. Data on current reuse of SUDs were obtained through a survey of Canadian acute care hospitals. …

Current Questions in Patient Safety: Reusing Disposable …

https://www.apsf.org/article/current-questions-in-patient-safety-reusing-disposable-supplies/

Greene has reported the results of an informal survey taken at the International Conference on the Reuse of Disposable Medical Devices (2) Two hundred and four respondents …

Reuse of disposable medical devices in Canadian hospitals.

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Reuse-of-disposable-medical-devices-in-Canadian-Campbell-Wells/4800e3893494cf5796f84e281ac706337feb2cee

Reuse of medical devices labelled 'single use only' and used in sterile sites remains common in Australian hospitals but this use has decreased since 1994 (a fall of reuse …

Reuse of Disposable Medical Devices: Historical and …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/abs/reuse-of-disposable-medical-devices-historical-and-current-aspects/F884DD68145B69F9AE73B788C1BD8D33

Some hospitals feel that if disposables save money, reusing the disposable several times will save more. The practice is spreading. The manufacturers, in turn, claim …

Are disposable hospital supplies trashing …

https://healthydebate.ca/2016/08/topic/hospital-medical-waste/

Though it may be difficult for one small organization to convince a manufacturer to change, hospitals can get together to pressure manufacturers to …

Survey of Disposable-Device Reuse in Canadian …

https://www.mddionline.com/components/survey-disposable-device-reuse-canadian-hospitals-provokes-mixed-response

Health Canada, the federal department responsible for medical device regulation, sent the survey of reuse to 741 Canadian acute-care health institutions …