Beautiful large recycling disposable instruments disinfection process at any time to check

According to the United States media reported on February 25, the entire US 1/4 of the national hospital began recycling disposable medical devices.

United States is the world's largest disposable medical devices market, with 40% share of the world.

The use of disposable medical equipment of such a scale, increased the difficulty of medical waste disposal, it became the largest of the "United States" spam sources pose a threat to the environment.

Johns Hopkins University School of medicine • public health Professor Martin • Ma Kali and security expert Peter • Prono Hammerfest completed with recovery of heat phenomenon in hospital as a report showed that now has about 100 kinds of disposable medical equipment for the United States food and Drug Administration (FDA) license, start recovery again, the most common include endoscopy, laparoscopy with instruments and so on.

Disposable medical equipment recycling, every day can reduce the number of tonnes of medical waste.

University of Maryland Medical Center implemented recycling 1 year and more, saving medical costs 40 million, some larger Hospital saves $ 1 million.

Some patient groups worried about these reprocessing equipment sterilization is not complete, the resulting cross-infection.

Researchers said the FDA has launched the amendments to the single-use instruments for reprocessing Guide, which details each class can then processing equipment for cleansing and disinfection. Moreover, the requirements for reprocessing of medical devices must be clearly marked "reprocessing" and the relevant manufacturers. FDA also on disinfecting processes of recovery of enterprise monitoring and timely. At the same time, recycling disposable medical devices are also very seriously. Therefore, the reuse of disposable medical equipment is very safe.