Electrophysiology Catheter Reprocessing The reprocessing industry has evolved substantially since its inception. Single-use devices (SUDs) now undergo highly technical and complex sorting, cleaning, testing, and validation methods. In order to gain FDA clearance to reprocess a SUD, like an EP catheter, it requires one to prove these devices are just as safe and [...]
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Jun
EP Recycling Makes Sense
EP Recycling Makes Sense Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine recently published a study that outlines the waste that hospitals go through each year. Many instruments that are used only once are routinely thrown out although they actually can be either reused or they can be collected by recycling collection companies such as [...]
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May
EP Catheter Recycling Will Help Save Hospitals from Cut-Backs
All across Canada austerity measures designed to reduce the deficit will cause major cuts in public Health care. For instance in Ontario, the government plans to limit spending in healthcare to just a 2.1 per cent annual increase over the next three years. This barely surpasses inflation and is lower than the 2.5 per cent [...]