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Single-use Device Reprocessing

Single-Use Device Reprocessing is a biomedical engineering and infection control practice that involves the post-manufacture cleaning, disinfection, and functional restoration of medical devices labeled for single use, thereby enabling their safe reuse in clinical settings despite original design intent.

17

Publications

643

Citations

64

Authors

35

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

7

Variants

Single-use Device Remanufacturing

Parents

Publications

17

Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Laparoscopic Surgery

Cassandra L. Thiel, Noe Woods, Melissa M. Bilec · American Journal of Public Health · 2018 · 222 citations · Full text

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What is the use? An international look at reuse of single-use medical devices

Walter Popp, Ossama Rasslan, Akeau Unahalekhaka et al. · International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health · 2010 · 70 citations

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Green Servitization in the Single-Use Medical Device Industry: How Device OEMs Create Supply Chain Circularity through Reprocessing

Ornella Benedettini · Sustainability · 2022 · 49 citations · Full text

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Specific hygiene issues relating to reprocessing and reuse of single-use devices for laparoscopic surgery

Kathryn Roth, Peter Heeg, R. Reichl · Surgical Endoscopy · 2002 · 41 citations

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Reprocessing and Reuse of Single-Use Medical Devices: A National Survey of Canadian Acute-Care Hospitals

Julie Polisena, David Hailey, Kristen Moulton et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2008 · 33 citations

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Authors

64

  1. AS
    Anna S. Levin

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

    h-index

  2. PF
    P. Ferrari

    National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Italy

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. HJ
    Hogan Jm

    Hogan Lovells (United States), United States

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. VR
    Virginia Roth

    Ottawa Hospital, Canada

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. CM
    Claudio Migliaresi

    University of Trento, Italy

    1 publications · 19 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

35

  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    88 citations

  2. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  3. Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  4. University of Trento

    Trento, Italy

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    114 citations

  5. Natural and Medical Sciences Institute

    Reutlingen, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  6. Ottawa Hospital

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  7. University Health Network

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  8. World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

    ICHE · 2 publications · 65 citations

    2

    h-index

  2. Surgical Endoscopy

    2 publications · 64 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. 1

    h-index

  4. Canadian Medical Association Journal

    JAMC · 1 publications · 23 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Sustainability

    1 publications · 49 citations

    1

    h-index

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