title: Reuse of single-use devices: protecting your reprocessing program.
abstract: High-profile hepatitis C outbreaks in 2008 spurred the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's attention toward legislative and regulatory action in several states around the practice of reuse of single-use devices. Promulgated in the interest of public safety, some of these new regulations and laws can have a potential impact on hospitals' ability to access third-party reprocessing duly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
authors.affiliation: Association of Medical Device Reprocessor, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Lory
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Olsson
mesh_terms: D017743:Equipment Reuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006761:Hospitals; D017053:Infection Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012308:Risk Management; D017751:Safety Management; D013242:Sterilization