FDA's Proposed Strategy on Reuse of Single-Use Devices
Abstract
The FDA is inviting comments on its blueprint to protect health care professionals and patients from potential harm caused by the growing practice of reuse of single-use devices (SUDs). The document, FDA's Proposed Strategy on Reuse of Single-Use Devices, includes the following steps that are being considered by the agency: regulate third-party reprocessors and health care facilities that reprocess SUDs in the same manner as the manufacturers of original equipment. The FDA would also...