In today’s healthcare environment, third-party reprocessing stands alone in the device industry as continually providing multiple benefits: safe, effective medical devices at greatly reduced cost, and a resulting reduction in the generation of medical waste.
Like the generic drug industry, reprocessing provides an immediate savings opportunity for the healthcare system – with no decrease in safety or effectiveness. Third-party reprocessed devices also are helping to transform healthcare by providing:
- Comparative good value: Safe, effective, FDA-cleared devices at greatly reduced cost.
- Innovation: Reprocessing represents new technology and the best of medical device industry innovation.
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Preservation of quality patient care and scarce resources:
- Patient safety record of reprocessed devices is excellent;
- No change in practice patterns, or reduction in choice of tools for clinicians with the use of reprocessed “single-use” devices;
- Preservation of device inventory value; and
- Preservation of the environments in communities our customers serve.
