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From sterile debate to burning issue: the economics and safety dichotomy
1Department of Clinical Engineering at the University of Liverpool. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
Medical Device Technology
|April 25, 2001
Abstract:
Surgical instruments are thought to be capable of transmitting spongiform encephalopathies from patient to patient, even after sterilisation. At the same time, there is an increasing trend to reuse devices intended for single use. This article discusses certain aspects of that apparent contradiction.