Proper care can avoid double trouble when it comes to single-use medical devices.
A single-use device, often called SUD for short, is a medical device to be used only on one patient for a single procedure. In recent years, however, hospitals have been cleaning, disinfecting or sterilizing SUDs and then reusing them. This practice lets hospitals cut down on disposable medical waste and save money. Today s medical devices are often complex. This can make the cleaning and re-sterilization process more difficult.