Reprocessing Single-Use Devices

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 2005 English Publisher:Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)Journal:The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, volume 87, pages 450-457 (issn: 0021-9355,

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Authors: Robby S, Sikka; David A, Fischer; Marc F, Swiontkowski;

doi: 10.2106/jbjs.d.02501 , 10.2106/00004623-200502000-00031

pmid: 15687171

Reprocessing Single-Use Devices

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Abstract

In response to increasing environmental and economic pressure, the reuse of single-use devices has become more prevalent in the United States. Managed care and Medicare have reduced reimbursements in the past decade, and annual surgical waste from common operations of the back, knee, and hip has inc

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Keywords

Disease Transmission, Infectious, Equipment Reuse, Humans, Sterilization, Orthopedic Procedures, Materials Management, Hospital, Disposable Equipment

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