Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Recycle Medical Devices OK with FDA

by Claudia Campos
311healthbeat.blogspot.com

Hospitals follow Food and Drug Administration guidelines to recycle medical devices, reducing medical waste and eliminate thousands of tons of waste form landfills. FDA reports recycle devices are safe. States are lobbying legislation so that health-care providers get patients informed concern when using these reprocessed and recycled devices. Article in the Wall Street Journal by Laura Landro titled "Hospitals Reuse Medical Devices To Lower Costs" said that hospitals are on board with this procedure of recycling and that the FDA is aware and approves.
www.wsj.com

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