MDNews.com reports on findings presented at the Baltimore CleanMed conference.  Medical device reprocessing is highlighted as one of the top five strategies to go green in the operating room. To combat the waste of SUDs

Medicaldevicenetwork.com reports that the US FDA is set to soon introduce its long-anticipated proposed rules for unique device identification (UDI).  MDN expects FDA's proposal to be released in September, 2011. Under the proposed rule, medical

Originally posted by Infection Control Today: The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invite members of the medical community to participate in a special summit focusing on critical

SSM Health Care-St. Louis Released on June 30, 2011 AIDS and emerging infectious diseases led in the early 1980s to single-use medical devices. However, there is a rising medical awareness in the United States that

Canadian Medical Association Journal Published by Roger Collier July 5, 2011 The topic of reprocessing medical devices labelled as single-use items is something of an ethical quagmire. The only thing clear about this issue, it

Canadian Medical Association Journal Published by Roger Collier July 4, 2011 Do you dispose of the plastic baggie or save it for tomorrow’s ham sandwich? Do you throw away the plastic fork or wash it