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Single-Use (Disposable) Devices FAQs Infection Control …

(6 days ago) WEBWhen determining the cost-effectiveness of disposable and reusable items, dental health care personnel should consider not only the cost of the disposable item, but also the cost, time, and materials involved with cleaning and reprocessing the reusable item. Role …

https://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/faqs/single-use-devices.html

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Single-use medical devices fact sheet for health care …

(7 days ago) WEBSingle patient use means the medical device may be used for more than one episode of use on one patient only; the device may undergo some form of reprocessing …

https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/70411000411d3ae484e2cc189ce06e0d/FactSheet-single-use-devices-v1.2-phcs-ics-20150106.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

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Single Use & Single Patient Use Medical Devices - HPRA

(3 days ago) WEBA ‘single use device’ is defined under Directive 2007/47/EC, the amendment to the Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC, where it states that: “single use device" means a device …

https://www.hpra.ie/homepage/medical-devices/safety-information/safety-notices/item?id=118af825-9782-6eee-9b55-ff00008c97d0

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Sounding the alarm about disposable plastic in the health …

(3 days ago) WEBSounding the alarm about disposable plastic in the health care industry. Yale’s Jodi Sherman says the health care industry must balance public health and …

https://news.yale.edu/2023/10/10/sounding-alarm-about-disposable-plastic-health-care-industry

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Single-Use Products 3M Medical 3M United States

(9 days ago) WEBThe Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and Infectious Disease Society of America also released guidance about the use of single-patient use and individually packaged products as a strategy for …

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/medical-us/healthcare-professionals/comprehensive-infection-prevention/single-use-products/

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Plastic panic in the pandemic: How single-use items …

(1 days ago) WEBBy Zack Fishman Medill Reports When a COVID-19 patient is hospitalized at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., they receive a lot of attention from healthcare …

https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/plastic-panic-during-the-pandemic-how-single-use-items-meant-to-protect-us-will-harm-the-planet/

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Is once always enough? Revisiting the single use item

(5 days ago) WEBThe reuse of single use medical items is a complex ethical issue that many healthcare providers are faced with, for while recommendations and literature do not advocate the …

https://jme.bmj.com/content/35/2/87

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Single-use plastic and COVID-19 in the NHS: Barriers and …

(3 days ago) WEBThe current linear model of single-use items (from material extraction, to product manufacturing, use in healthcare facilities, and eventual disposal at the end-of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859718/

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Healthcare is still hooked on single-use plastic PPE, but …

(6 days ago) WEBCOVID-19 has highlighted the staggering amount of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) that medical and healthcare facilities use on a daily basis, and the associated high costs.

https://theconversation.com/healthcare-is-still-hooked-on-single-use-plastic-ppe-but-there-are-more-sustainable-options-143940

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Single-use items: Let’s follow the instructions for use, please

(8 days ago) WEBInfection Control. Single-use items: Let’s follow the instructions for use, please. Nov. 1, 2021. While you may be tempted to run single-use items through the …

https://www.rdhmag.com/infection-control/article/14211248/single-use-items-lets-follow-the-instructions-for-use-please

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Can medical care exist without plastic? - National Geographic

(9 days ago) WEBA fact sheet published by the American Chemistry Council, a plastic trade group, says: “Single-use plastics are the cleanest, most efficient way,” to facilitate …

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/can-medical-care-exist-without-plastic

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How to make “single use” surgical items more sustainable

(1 days ago) WEBIn 2019 the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority issued a directive stating: “Medical devices intended by the original manufacturer for single use …

https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p1524

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Single-use medical devices - Wikipedia

(6 days ago) WEBSingle-use medical devices include any medical equipment, instrument or apparatus having the ability to only be used once in a hospital or clinic and then disposed. The …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-use_medical_devices

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Single use plastic in healthcare must not become the new normal

(1 days ago) WEBOctober 20, 2021. We must not let our reliance on single-use plastic in healthcare become the “new normal” or set-back the strides taken prior to the covid-19 pandemic to address …

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/10/20/single-use-plastic-in-healthcare-must-not-become-the-new-normal/

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A discussion of single-use plastics in medical settings

(7 days ago) WEB1. The plastic problem. Single-use plastics (SUPs) are proving to be a significant contributor to one of the biggest environmental threats of modern times: …

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034361719304278

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Single Use & Single Patient A Use Medical Devices - HPRA

(8 days ago) WEBA single use device (SUD) is a medical device that is intended to be used on an individual patient during a single procedure and then discarded. Medical devices that are for …

https://www.hpra.ie/docs/default-source/Safety-Notices/sn201014_singleusemedicaldevices_291010.pdf

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COVID-19 Has Resurrected Single-Use Plastics—Are They Back to …

(1 days ago) WEBIn a March 2020 letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Plastics Industry Association argued that single-use items were the “most …

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/single-use-plastic-covid-180975312/

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The Benefits of Switching to Single-Use Medical Devices

(6 days ago) WEBArguably, the most significant benefit to using single-use medical devices is that disposing of the device immediately after use improves patient safety. Single-use …

https://www.medicalindicators.com/post/single-use-medical-devices/

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Appropriate Use of Single Use Items - Health Service Executive

(Just Now) WEBFigure 2: Single Use Item Symbol 9.1 Dental instruments and dental/medical devices which are licensed as ‘single –use’ items must not be reused. If in doubt check with the …

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/healthwellbeing/our-priority-programmes/hcai/resources/dental/sop-9-appropriate-use-of-single-use-items.pdf

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How to reduce the impacts of single-use plastic products - UNEP

(Just Now) WEBSuch as, a paper shopping bag may need to be used four to eight times to have a lower environmental impact than one single-use plastic bag. Design products …

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-reduce-impacts-single-use-plastic-products

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