Campbell B A, Wells G A, Palmer W N, Martin D L
Division of Hospital Epidemiology, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Am J Infect Control. 1987 Oct;15(5):196-200. doi: 10.1016/0196-6553(87)90095-2.
A survey of all Canadian hospitals was undertaken in 1986 to determine the extent of the reuse of disposable medical devices meant for "single use only." It was found that 41% of hospitals regularly reused disposable medical devices, and reuse was significantly higher in hospitals with more than 200 beds. Only 38% of hospitals that regularly reused had written procedures for reuse, and 32% indicated a mechanism for determining the number of times a device was reused. Cost analysis studies had been undertaken by only 29% of regular reusers, and items of respiratory therapy equipment were the most commonly reused devices.
1986年对加拿大所有医院进行了一项调查，以确定仅供一次性使用的一次性医疗设备的重复使用程度。结果发现，41%的医院经常重复使用一次性医疗设备，床位超过200张的医院重复使用率明显更高。经常重复使用的医院中，只有38%有重复使用的书面程序，32%表示有确定设备重复使用次数的机制。只有29%的经常重复使用者进行了成本分析研究，呼吸治疗设备是最常被重复使用的器械。
