NR ANVL
AU Tapp,A.
TI Reuse of single use medical devices
QU Canadian Operating Room Nursing Journal 2003 Mar; 21(1): 18-9, 28-9
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB During the ten years that I have worked at the Canadian Nurses Protective Society, we have had numerous calls from Operating Room nurses questioning the practice of re-using single use medical devices in their facilities and voicing their concerns about possible harm to patients, themselves and potential liability exposure. Interest in this topic has been rekindled by the recent Saskatchewan case involving the death of a patient from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) and possible transmission of vCJD to 71 patients who may have been exposed to the same endoscope as the deceased while in hospital. In this article, I propose to address some of the concerns related to the reuse of single use medical devices by focusing on the prevalence of this practice, the legal risks involved, regulation of this practice, and risk management.
ZR 12
MH Canada; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/prevention & control/transmission; *Disposable Equipment/microbiology/statistics & numerical data; Equipment Contamination/legislation & jurisprudence/*prevention &; control/statistics & numerical data; *Equipment Reuse/legislation & jurisprudence/statistics & numerical data; Equipment Safety/methods; *Equipment and Supplies, Hospital/microbiology/statistics & numerical data; Human; Infection Control/methods; Liability, Legal; Operating Room Nursing/organization & administration; Risk Factors; Risk Management/organization & administration; Sterilization/organization & administration
SP englisch
PO Kanada