Reused materials in interventional cardiology – where do we stand today?

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    interventional cardiology, reused materials

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    https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2018.494

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    Single use materials represent a standard in interventional cardiology and electrophysiology which should be followed. ( 1 ) But the raising need for these costly interventional procedures put in question can this be strictly followed since budget limits institutions are faced with do not allow cardio labs to reach their desired procedure volumes. Reused materials had been shown as a substantial potential to meet these needs. They do allow maintaining high quality service, volume and material quality wise. This practice undoubtedly cuts the hospital costs and spare a substantial money to health care system overall. Numerous studies point out that reusing materials is safe practice and does not jeopardize procedural efficacy. The question left unanswered is how many resterilization processes can certain piece of material undergo? The aim of this lecture is to give an overview of our years long practice of using resterilized materials, the way they are processed and handled to maintain them close to their original quality, thus easy and safe to reuse.

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    Reused materials in interventional cardiology – where do we stand today?

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    Issue11-12
    Published
    Pages494
    PDF via DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2018.494
    interventional cardiology
    reused materials

    Authors

    Igor Ferjančić*ORCIDZadar General Hospital, Zadar, Croatia
    Marina MarunaORCIDZadar General Hospital, Zadar, Croatia

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    Single use materials represent a standard in interventional cardiology and electrophysiology which should be followed. ( 1 ) But the raising need for these costly interventional procedures put in question can this be strictly followed since budget limits institutions are faced with do not allow cardio labs to reach their desired procedure volumes. Reused materials had been shown as a substantial potential to meet these needs. They do allow maintaining high quality service, volume and material quality wise. This practice undoubtedly cuts the hospital costs and spare a substantial money to health care system overall. Numerous studies point out that reusing materials is safe practice and does not jeopardize procedural efficacy. The question left unanswered is how many resterilization processes can certain piece of material undergo? The aim of this lecture is to give an overview of our years long practice of using resterilized materials, the way they are processed and handled to maintain them close to their original quality, thus easy and safe to reuse.