What is the use? An international look at reuse of single-use medical devices

• Main Authors: Walter Popp, Ossama Rasslan, Akeau Unahalekhaka, Pola Brenner, Edith Fischnaller, Maha Fathy, Carol Goldman, Elizabeth Gillespie
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=77954888033&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51056
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Reuse of single-use devices is common in most countries worldwide. We provide an overview of the issue from an international perspective.In many developing and transitional countries reuse of cheap single-use devices (needles, syringes, surgical gloves) is common leading to large numbers of unsafe i...