Manufacturers must ensure that these products meet stringent government standards for performance and safety before they are approved for use. Manufacturers also monitor the products' safety and efficacy on an ongoing basis. We ll put our record up against anybody's. Vinyl medical products have been used for more than 40 years in health care settings around the world.
Few materials can match vinyl's track record when it comes to safety and performance.
Vinyl helps save lives. Vinyl is a tested, tough and trusted component in more than 25 percent of all medical products and devices made with plastic, including blood and I.V. bags and tubing. It is used in sophisticated cardiac surgery as well as aggressive chemotherapy treatments. Health care professionals have relied on vinyl's strength, flexibility and sterility for almost half a century. There are few viable substitutes on the market that perform as well and as cost-effectively.