• FDA's Reuse Web Site

• FDA's MDUFMA (Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act) Web Site

• FDA's Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, Validation Data in Premarket Notification Submissions (510(k)s) for Reprocessed Single-Use Medical Devices - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff

• FDA's Survey on the Reuse and Reprocessing of Single-Use Devices in U.S. Hospitals

• FDA's Guidance Document - Enforcement Priorities for Single-Use Devices Reprocessed by Third Parties and Hospitals (PDF file)

• Search FDA's 510(k) Database for Reprocessed Devices that have Received FDA Clearance
  
  

Position Statements:

• American College of Cardiology (ACC)

• American Medical Assoiciation (AMA), Report of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-00)

• Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM) Reprocessing Advisory

• Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), Environmental Responsibility

• Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)

• Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E)

Letters from Hospital and Physician Groups on Reprocessing:

• Multi-organization letter to FDA regarding "opened-but-unused" devices, November 26, 2002

• Multi-organization letter to Congressional bioterrorism conferees regarding potential anti-reuse language, May 1, 2002.

• American Assoication of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), August 30, 2001

• The Mayo Clinic (with AAOS and AHA), August 2, 2001

• American College of Cardiology (ACC), June 25, 1999

• American Hospital Association (AHA), June 23, 1999

• North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiolgoy (NASPE), June 22, 1999

Other Resources:

• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Reuse Site
  

Citizen Petitions and Responses:

• AMDR Citizen Petition to Up Classify Non-Reprocessed Heart Positioner and Stabilizer Devices