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Reprocessing and Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices: A National Survey of Canadian Acute-Care Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Julie Polisena ,
David Hailey ,
Kristen Moulton ,
Hussein Z. Noorani ,
Philip Jacobs ,
Nola Ries ,
Sarah Normandin  and
Michael Gardam
Julie Polisena*
Affiliation:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa
David Hailey
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary
Kristen Moulton
Affiliation:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa
Hussein Z. Noorani
Affiliation:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa
Philip Jacobs
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine—Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Nola Ries
Affiliation:
Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Sarah Normandin
Affiliation:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, Ottawa
Michael Gardam
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Unit, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
*
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, 600-865 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5S8, Canada ([email protected])
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Abstract

A national survey investigated the current practices of reprocessing and reusing single-use medical devices in Canadian acute-care hospitals. Our response rate was 72% (413 responses), and 28% of hospitals reprocess single-use devices. The results showed that Canadian hospital practices have not changed much in the past decade.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , pp. 437 - 439
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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