Reuse of single use devices
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Senate HELP Committee hearing on reuse originally planned for June 22 has been rescheduled for June 27. The committee will release a General Accounting Office report that it requested last July to evaluate the appropriateness of FDA's past reprocessing policy, the economic impact of reusing disposable products and the cost of requiring FDA to assure the safety and efficacy of reprocessed single-use devices. Original equipment manufacturer and reprocessor representatives are scheduled to testify at the hearing, in addition to FDA officials