‘Reprocessing’ refers to a process carried out on a used device in order to allow its safe reuse. It includes its cleaning, disinfection, sterilisation and related procedures, as well as testing and restoring the technical and functional safety of the used device.
According to the Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices, reprocessing and further use of single-use devices may only take place where permitted by national law.
Both official texts describe the new responsibilities of the natural or legal persons who reprocesses a single-use device to make it suitable for further use: they shall assume the obligations incumbent on manufacturers, especially relating to traceability.
Click HERE to visit the European Commission’s Reprocessing of Medical Devices
page.